The Put Cho Shrine is a Chinese Taoist Temple next to the greater famous Jui Tui Shrine in Phuket Town. The Put Cho Shrine is the oldest temple in Phuket having been built in the early part of the nineteenth Century. The Put Cho Shrine is open each day from 08:00 to 20:30, once in a while longer for the duration of Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival, and admission is unfastened. People of all religions are welcome to go to. The Put Cho Shrine is dedicated to Guan Yin, who's a deity respected in Buddhism, Taoism, and lots of different religions in Asia, as the Goddess of Mercy or Compassion, although the term ‘goddess’ is slightly misleading because the complicated theology of Asian religious ideals gives a special meaning to phrases ‘god’ and ‘goddess’ than the one humans added up in a Western religious background associated with those phrases. Put Cho is the name used by people in Phuket of Chinese heritage for Guan Yin, who is typically referred at as Phra Mae Kuan Im or Chao Mae Kuan Im in the Thai language.