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‘Dragon’ Pure Water Wells

22 February 2010 13 Comments

Within the famous Snake Temple in Penang island, there are two wells called the two Dragon Pure Water Wells. These wells represent a pair of red eyes of an auspicious dragon. When the temple was being constructed, it is said that the door of Heaven was opened and a fierce dragon descended and landed in front of the temple with its tail facing west.

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Notice board telling the history.

The two eyes of the dragon transformed into two wells. One is 10 feet deep and 3 feet in diameter while another is 10 feet deep and 2 feet in diameter.

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One of the eyes of Dragon ….

The well provided fresh water for the surrounding village. According to local belief, those who drank from the well attained good fortune, health and longevity.

Under the same roof there is a small restaurant near this well, which serves hot delicious Chinese food and if you want, you can have water from this well to drink.
You can also see a portion of a shop selling freshly made cookies, pancakes and Dodols, yes same famous Goan Dodols. I will show you a picture some other time.

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Guiding us to stairs that lead to one of the wells.

Near the stairs, there were nice colorful clothes in a shop which definitely was successful in luring the tourists. Not me but V, my dear husband was also trapped and he bought me a very beautiful turquoise blue beach dress. No doubt, he pampers me a lot.
‘Dragon’ Pure Water Wells.
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13 Comments »

Ram N said:

Does the Dragon have a squint eye, as u said one is 3 mtr dia & the other is 2 mtr dia…… .. Jus joking.

Love these idea of dragon & shops near the well ….

# 22 February 2010 at 12:01 PM

Vamsee said:

Do they charge you extra at the restaurant for water from the well?
Vamsee´s last [post] ..Compliments of the Chef – Food in Bangkok

# 22 February 2010 at 3:28 PM

Nisha (author) said:

Ram,
Ha Ha… yeah. He was.
Also, one eye was at this place and the other one inside the temple boundary.

# 23 February 2010 at 4:55 PM

Nisha (author) said:

Vamsee,
No.

# 23 February 2010 at 4:55 PM

anjuli said:

I’m glad Vamsee asked the question- because I would have asked if it hadn’t been brought forward. Good to know they don’t charge extra for the water.

I used to take people to the snake temple years ago (when I was schooling in Penang)- even have some old photos of the place- at that time there was no restaurant and I hardly remember the wells. Its interesting to see how even the temples have ‘evolved’ over time
anjuli´s last [post] ..Feb 14th- Accra- Rawling’s House

# 23 February 2010 at 5:32 PM

Nisha (author) said:

Anjuli,
Wow ! That’s so nice to know that you spent your childhood in Penang. I really loved the place and when I get another chance, I’ll go there again.

I am yet to post pictures of snake temple. And for you, I’ll post some more pictures of today’s Penang.

# 23 February 2010 at 5:37 PM

anjuli said:

Nisha-

Was actually a teenager in Penang- went to a boarding school in Tanjong Bungah called Dalat school from the time I was 13 til I was 17.

Would love to see the updated Penang- I think the last I was there was about 16 years ago!!
anjuli´s last [post] ..Feb 14th- Accra- Rawling’s House

# 23 February 2010 at 8:49 PM

Zhu said:

I like the story too!

I’d taste some dragon water Nice change from Coke!
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# 24 February 2010 at 7:09 AM

Manish Kumar said:

Quite Interesting ! But u have not included any pic of snake temple or you have already wrote abt it in some other post.
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# 25 February 2010 at 8:03 PM

magiceye said:

interesting tale
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# 29 March 2010 at 6:43 PM

Rajesh said:

Great stuff.
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# 12 February 2011 at 9:48 AM

Nisha (author) said:

@Manish:
No, I haven’t written about Snake temple yet. Will do so.

# 14 February 2011 at 9:33 PM

Nisha (author) said:

@MagicEye & Rajesh,

Thank you.

# 14 February 2011 at 9:34 PM

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