The Bidadari Garden (also known as Bidadari Memorial Garden) was a memorial garden once located along Veron Road in Bidadari, Singapore.
| Bidadari Garden | |
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| Bidadari Memorial Garden | |
 The gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery, now located in Bidadari Garden at 10 Vernon Park, Singapore 367812. | |
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| Type | memorial garden |
| Location | Bidadari, Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°20′22.9″N 103°52′36.7″E / 1.339694°N 103.876861°E |
| Established | 2004 |
| Closed | 10 June 2019 |
| Administered by | National Heritage Board |
| Status | Removed |
History
editThe site was once the part of Hindu section of the Bidadari Cemetery before exhumation took place from 2001 to 2006. During the exhuming process of the cemetery, a memorial park known as the Bidadari Garden was established on this site by the National Heritage Board in 2004 to commemorate the history of the Bidadari Cemetery.
The former gates and gateposts from the former Bidadari Cemetery were moved to this memorial garden and formed as its entrance. 21 of the selected headstones from the former cemetery were also relocated there. The memorial garden comprised various sections to represent the Christian, Muslim and Hindu sections of the old cemetery.[1]
In August 2013, the Housing and Development Board announced plans for the future Bidadari housing estate and worked closely with National Heritage Board and National Parks Board to relocate and integrate the memorial garden with the Bidadari Park.[2] The memorial garden eventually closed on 10 June 2019 to make way for further developments.[3]
Gallery
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The gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery, currently located at Bidadari Garden -
Bidadari Garden sign -
Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on a gatepost of the former Bidadari Cemetery -
Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on a gatepost of the former Bidadari Cemetery -
Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on the gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery -
British Merchant Seamen Memorial -
Close-up of British Merchant Seamen Memorial -
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Gravestone of Koona Vayloo Pillai -
Gravestone of Goh Hood Kiat -
Bench and vase sculptures -
Gravestone of John Laycock -
Gravestone of Alexander Gordon -
Close-up Gravestone of Alexander Gordon -
Gravestone of David James Galloway -
Gravestone of Benjamin Peach Keasberry -
Close-up of Gravestone of Benjamin Peach Keasberry -
Gravestone of Chen Su Lan -
Gravestone of Regent Alfred John Bidwell -
Gravestone of George Edward Noel Oehlers -
Gravestone of Koona Vayloo Pillai -
Gravestone of Homer Cheng Hui Ming -
Gravestone of Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar -
Close-up Gravestone of Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar -
Close-up Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick -
Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick -
Gravestone of Lim Boon Keng and Grace Pek Ha Yin -
Close-up Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick -
Muslim gravestones in Bidadari Garden -
Gravestone of Baharudin bin Mohd Ariff -
Gravestone of Sahari Sulaiman -
Gravestone of Ahmad Ibrahim -
Close-up Gravestone of Ahmad Ibrahim -
Gravestone of Haji Hashim Haji Abdullah -
Gravestone of Zahara binte Noor Mohamed -
Gravestone of Captain Noor Mohamed Hashim bin Mohamed Dally
References
edit- ^ "Bidadari Memorial Garden". www.roots.sg. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "Existg Upp Aljunied Rd to be transformed into Bidadari Heritage - Housing & Development Board (HDB)". www.hdb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ^ "Bidadari Garden". www.roots.sg. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2020-07-23.