Thailand: Front entrance, San Jao Lim Ko Niaw, also known as Leng Chu Kiang shrine, Pattani, southern Thailand. The San Jao Lim Ko Niaw shrine is dedicated to the sister of Lim To Khieng, a visiting Chinese merchant who had married a local woman and converted to Islam. To show his devotion to his new faith, he started building a mosque, the Kru Se Mosque situated outside Pattani town. His sister, Lim Ko Niaw, sailed from China to protest about his conversion, and he swore that he would return to China as soon as the mosque was finished. However, he made sure that it never was.

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