Devotees mark special day for deity with offering of 109,999 red eggs

Cartons of red eggs stacked into the shape of a towering structure for the birthday of the local deity of the Datuk Kong Teng Sin Hooi Temple in Taman Lucky, Butterworth.

SOME 70 volunteers spent over six hours boiling, dyeing and stacking up 109,999 red eggs to mark the local Datuk Tua’s birthday at the Datuk Kong Teng Sin Hooi Temple in Taman Lucky, Butterworth, in Penang.

They started by boiling the eggs donated by devotees in large pots of water.