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Greater Jakarta: Temple provides affordable yellow rice
The capital’s oldest temple, Kim Tek Ie, also known as Dharma Bhakti Temple, located on Jl
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he capital’s oldest temple, Kim Tek Ie, also known as Dharma Bhakti Temple, located on Jl. Kemenangan III in Glodok, West Java, is providing low-income residents with cheap nasi kuning (yellow rice) ahead of Chinese New Year.
The temple management will sell 75 packages of the rice at Rp 3,000 (22 US cents) each every day for those who live near the temple.
“They can eat as many as they want at only Rp 3,000,” Dharma Bhakti Foundation management head Gunawan Djayaputra said on Friday as quoted by tempo.co.
The sale of the yellow rice at the “Halal Yellow Rice Corner Stall” in the temple compound from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily will continue until Chinese New Year on Feb. 5.
Gunawan said the foundation was working with rice sellers from around the temple to supply the packages. The packages would typically cost Rp 12,000.
The idea of providing food for the poor began during Ramadan last year.
Built in 1650, Dharma Bakti is the oldest temple in Jakarta. Around 5,000 Buddhists celebrated Chinese New Year in the temple last year. The temple management expects a spike in visitors for this year’s celebration.
