WAKi Relic Museum

HISTORY OF WAKi RELIC MUSEUM

The Huaqi Relic Museum is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a private museum founded by Dr. Zhang Qiuyuan. Huaqi Relic Museum has a relic exhibition hall, a Buddha statue exhibition hall, an amulet exhibition hall, a sutra exhibition hall, and an ebony (black god wood) carving relic hall. The collections of cultural relics in each exhibition hall show the world the splendid past and brilliant achievements of Buddhist culture and art, and lead us into the depths of history, and understand the profoundness of Buddhist culture and art.

In the early days of the museum’s establishment, most of the relics, Buddha statues, amulets, scriptures, etc. were presented by the elders of major temples in Thailand, and were displayed in the name of the Huaqi Relic Museum. Later, under the trust of the abbot of the Boromi Temple in Yangon, Myanmar (the founder of the Burmese Relic Museum and the king of relics), Wu Qidiwala, the Huaqi Relic Museum received a huge amount of various Precious Sakyamuni Buddha relics and relics of Buddha's disciples. On July 9, 2019, under the witness of Venerable Wu Qidiwala, the Huaqi Relic Museum was officially established, and was appointed by His Holiness as an international center for inheriting and perpetuating the relics of Buddha and Buddha's disciples.

In addition, the Buddhist Hall on the highest floor of the museum enshrines solemn Buddha statues, one 450 kg and ten relic towers of Buddha and Buddha's disciples weighing 350 kg, as well as relics from different countries, so that believers can pay their respects. Relics from all over the world worshiped Buddha, chanted scriptures, built stupas, made offerings to stupas, circumambulated stupas and worshiped stupas.

The mission of the Huaqi Relic Museum is to build 84,000 Huaqi Relic Pagodas to be enshrined in temples all over the world, so that Buddhists from all over the world have the opportunity to pay homage to the relics of the Buddha and his disciples, so as to form a relationship with the Buddha. Increase blessing and wisdom; to practice Buddhism more vigorously in the next 2500 years.

A Brief Biography of The Most Venerable Sayadaw U Kittivara

King of Relic and the Chief Abbott of Thein Taung Teik Thit Temple the founder of Relic Musuem, Venerable Aggamahasaddhammajotikadhaja Baddanta Kittivara (Sayadaw U Kittivara) was born on 13 October, 1947 in Paukpinthar Village, Meikthila division, in central Myanmar. He entered the Wantawpyi Monastery in a remote village in Burma at the age of ten. He received his higher ordination as a Buddhist monk at the age of twenty at the Wantawpyi Monastery, under the preceptor, U Jagara, the leader of Koethaungpyi Pali University. He studied and learnt the Buddhist scriptures under the famous monk Sayadaw Wantawphy in Wantwin township and Sayadaw Saintaugng in Taunggyi township.

In 1979, Sayadaw became the Abbott of Thein Taung Teik Thit Temple (Parami Temple), South Okkalapa, Myanmar. Sayadaw followed the footstep of his Master, Venerable Suriya who collected the relics of the Buddha and His Disciples. Sayadaw had been travelling around the country, collecting, preserving and re-enshrining the relics of Lord Buddha and Arahants.

In 1984, Sayadaw opened the Relics Musuem at his monastery with the intention to keep the Relics in one place for Buddhist devotes to be able to pay homage to the Buddha’s relics and Buddha’s disciples relics. The monastery is well-known locally as well as overseas. There are many Buddhist devotes from all around the world such as Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia come to pay respect to the Relics every day.

In addition, Sayadaw U Kittivara had travelled to many foreign countries such as Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam for promote and propagate the Buddhism. In order to give more devotes who are unable to pay respect Relics at his temple, He had donated and distributed the relics to many countries including Thailand ,Korea, Singapore,Taiwan, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam,China and Malaysia for enshrinement. In year 2019 July 9th , Sayadaw U Kittivara attended the opening of Waki Relic Musuem in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and he was generosity presented 2,000kg of 2,500 years precious buddha relics and arahants relics to be enshrining in Waki Relic Musuem.

Throughout his life, Sayadaw had constructed many stupas and renovated ancient monasteries around the country. Venerable Sayadaw U Kittivara had been received the title of Aggamahasaddhammajotika-dhaja by the government of the Union of Myanmar in 2020 due to his efforts to promote Buddhism. Sayadaw U Kittivara has passed away at 11.45pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. He was 74.

President of WAKi Relic Museum Dr. Teo Choo Guan

President of WAKi Relics Museum 华琪舍利子博物馆主席 World Peace Ambassador 世界和平大使 M.A (Honorary Master Degree in Buddhist Studies) MCU University 荣誉佛学硕士 World Buddhism Contribution Award, Beijing 世界佛学杰出贡献奖 Pillar of Asoke Award, Thailand 阿育王石柱佛教贡献奖 Gold Phra Pathomched Award, Thailand 佛统塔金奖 International Tara Award, Thailand 国际绿度母奖