Monasteries Los Angeles County

Sandlewood incense and meditative chanting infused the high-ceiling prayer room Wednesday of the newly opened Rosemead Buddhist Monastery, as practitioners and priests gathered for the final festivities in a four-day inaugural event. Buddhists from as far away as Sri Lanka and Thailand have traveled to Rosemead for the opening of the temple, said Chao Chu, a Buddhist bhante, or master.

Sandlewood incense and meditative chanting infused the high-ceiling prayer room Wednesday of the newly opened Rosemead Buddhist Monastery, as practitioners and priests gathered for the final festivities in a four-day inaugural event. Buddhists from as far away as Sri Lanka and Thailand have traveled to Rosemead for the opening of the temple, said Chao Chu, a Buddhist bhante, or master.