Qualla: Sanggar Agung https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:27 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/q/w/8/n/sanggar-agung-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Sanggar Agung https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung Sanggar Agung: Introduction https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung/ Photo credit Okkisafire, CC BY-SA 3.0. A woman in white was seen walking on the water. That is the story the temple's caretaker told -- she had been locking up for the night when she spotted the figure moving across the dark surface of the sea. The apparition was taken as a visitation from Guan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion, and soon afterward work began on a 20-meter statue of the goddess rising from the waterfront. Today that statue is the first thing visitors see when they approach Sanggar Agung, a Chinese temple in Surabaya that stands not beside the sea but over it, its foundations planted in the shallows along Surabaya's northern coast.

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/w/8/n/sanggar-agung-wp/qw8n-sanggar-agung-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Sanggar Agung: From Moon Festival to the Waterfront https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung/ Photo credit Okkisafire, CC BY-SA 3.0. Sanggar Agung's roots stretch back to 1978, when a smaller temple called Kwang Kong Bio -- the Temple of Guan Gong -- was built about 500 meters south of the current site during the Moon Festival. That original structure was relocated three times over the following decades, each ...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/w/8/n/sanggar-agung-wp/qw8n-sanggar-agung-from-moon-festival-to-the-waterfront.mp3 0:06 2 full Sanggar Agung: A Temple Between Tides https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung/ Photo credit Okkisafire, CC BY-SA 3.0. What makes Sanggar Agung architecturally distinctive is its position over the water. The temple extends out from the shoreline, its foundations submerged, so that worshippers walk across the sea to pray. This is not mere spectacle. Because the temple faces the open water, it has ...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/w/8/n/sanggar-agung-wp/qw8n-sanggar-agung-a-temple-between-tides.mp3 0:06 3 full Sanggar Agung: Every Faith Finds an Altar https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung/ Photo credit Okkisafire, CC BY-SA 3.0. Sanggar Agung is formally a Tridharma temple, meaning it unifies the three teachings of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism under one roof. But the reality inside is even more expansive. The temple houses separate altars for Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, for Taoist deities like...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/w/8/n/sanggar-agung-wp/qw8n-sanggar-agung-every-faith-finds-an-altar.mp3 0:06 4 full Sanggar Agung: The Goddess and the Sea https://qualla.com/sanggar-agung/ Photo credit Okkisafire, CC BY-SA 3.0. The 20-meter Guan Yin statue dominates the waterfront, facing outward toward the Java Sea as Nan Hai Guan Shi Yin Pu Sa -- Guan Yin Bodhisattva of the South Sea. The statue's scale and placement make it visible from considerable distance along the coast, a landmark for both worsh...

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