Choonghee Dong Thien Haue Church Kolkata, West Bangal, India

' Chinese Temple Special'


All these photographs are related to Commemorative Stones, Interior and Exterior Of Old Beautiful CHOONGHEE DONG THIEN HAUE CHURCH Opened in 1858 A. D Located at 32 Black Burn Lane, Kolkata, West Bangal, India. It is  Traditional Chinese Church of
 Hakka Community.


This temple has deities of Tien Hou (Queen of Heaven), Kun Se Sin (Lady in white of Buddhism), Tu Teh Chun (God and goddess of well-being and happiness) along with few others located in the next room.

This temple is mainly used by the Hakka community whereas the rest of the Chinese temples in this locality are mainly used by the Cantonese people.


Photographs By Mr Subhadip Mukherjee Sahib

Toong On Church Kolkata, West Bangal, India

' Chinese Temple Special'




All these photographs are of commemoratives stones and Chinese Toong On Church Constructed in 1924 located at 22 Black Burn Lane, Kolkata, West Bangal, India.



This place was basically where the famous Nanking Restaurant was once located. The ground floor was where one of India’s first Chinese restaurants existed and on the first floor, you had the residence and the family temple.

As per records, the original Toong On Church was located at 10 Black Burn Lane and just the Nanking Restaurant was located at this address. After the closure of the restaurant Toong On Church was shifted to this place to avoid it being sold off.

Be prepared to navigate through heaps of garbage when trying to enter this particular church. Even though the local municipal body has a fully functional automated garbage processing plant nearby it is the local roadside squatters that tend to mess up the entrance when they sit to sort through their piles of garbage collection. Things sometimes become such worse that you have to actually walk over garbage and then enter the premises.

After years of legal battle between the owners and the government and the local association finally, the structure is safe from demolition and you will find a big Buddha statue on the ground floor which has been very recently placed just to keep the place from again falling into the wrong hands. Take the stairs to the first floor and you will be able to see the temple.




Photographs And Text By Mr Subhadip Mukherjee Sahib