The Bidadari Garden (also known as Bidadari Memorial Garden) was a memorial garden once located along Veron Road in

Bidadari Apsaras (, , Khmer language, Khmer: អប្សរា are a class of celestial beings in Hinduism, Hindu and Culture of Buddhism, Buddhist culture. They were originally a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters, but, later play ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

History

The site was once the part of Hindu section of the

Bidadari Cemetery Bidadari Cemetery ( Malay: ''Perkuburan Bidadari'', lit. ''Cemetery of the Angels'', Chinese: 比达达利坟场) is a defunct cemetery in Singapore. It used to serve the Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sinhalese communities, and accepted burials ...

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. In August 2013, the

Housing and Development Board The Housing & Development Board (HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board; ; ; ), is a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government, statutory board under the Ministry of National Development (Singapore), Ministry of National Developmen ...

announced plans for the future Bidadari housing estate and worked closely with National Heritage Board and

National Parks Board The National Parks Board (NParks) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. History In November 1989, Minister of National Development, S. Dhanabalan, presented the National Parks Bill ...

to relocate and integrate the memorial garden with the

Bidadari Park The Bidadari Park is a wooded park located at Bidadari, bounded by Bidadari Park Drive and Upper Aljunied Road, in Singapore. Background The site was once part of the Malay section of the Bidadari Cemetery before exhumation took place from 200 ...

. The memorial garden eventually closed on 10 June 2019 to make way for further developments.

Gallery

File:Gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-04.jpg, The gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery, currently located at Bidadari Garden File:Bidadari Garden sign, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Bidadari Garden sign File:Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on a gatepost of the former Bidadari Cemetery, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on a gatepost of the former Bidadari Cemetery File:Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on a gatepost of the former Bidadari Cemetery, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on a gatepost of the former Bidadari Cemetery File:Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on the gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Crest of the Singapore Municipal Commission on the gate of the former Bidadari Cemetery File:British Merchant Seamen memorial, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, British Merchant Seamen Memorial File:British Merchant Seamen memorial, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Close-up of British Merchant Seamen Memorial File:Vase sculpture, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg File:Gravestone of Koona Vayloo Pillai, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Gravestone of Koona Vayloo Pillai File:Gravestone of Goh Hood Kiat, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Goh Hood Kiat File:Bench and vase sculptures, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Bench and vase sculptures File:Gravestone of John Laycock, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of

John Laycock Christopher John Laycock (1887 – 3 December 1960) was an English-born Singaporean lawyer who was the founder of one of Singapore's earliest law firms, Laycock and Ong. He was also a founder of the Singapore Progressive Party and served as Me ...

File:Gravestone of Alexander Gordon, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Gravestone of Alexander Gordon File:Gravestone of Alexander Gordon, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Close-up Gravestone of Alexander Gordon File:Gravestone of David James Galloway, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of David James Galloway File:Gravestone of Benjamin Peach Keasberry, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Gravestone of Benjamin Peach Keasberry File:Gravestone of Benjamin Peach Keasberry, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Close-up of Gravestone of Benjamin Peach Keasberry File:Gravestone of Chen Su Lan, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Chen Su Lan File:Gravestone of Regent Alfred John Bidwell, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of

Regent Alfred John Bidwell Regent Alfred John Bidwell (12 June 1869 – 6 April 1918), also known as R. A. J. Bidwell, was an English-born architect noted for his colonial era buildings in Singapore. His best-known works include the Raffles Hotel and the Victoria Theatre ...

File:Gravestone of George Edward Noel Oehlers, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of George Edward Noel Oehlers File:Gravestone of Koona Vayloo Pillai, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Gravestone of Koona Vayloo Pillai File:Gravestone of Homer Cheng Hui Ming, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Homer Cheng Hui Ming File:Gravestone of Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Gravestone of

Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar Dato Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar (1 September 1894 – 9 December 1954) was a Singaporean surgeon, gynaecologist, politician, philanthropist, and leader of the Eurasian community of Singapore. He was the personal physician and a close frien ...

File:Gravestone of Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Close-up Gravestone of Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar File:Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Close-up Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick File:Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-03.jpg, Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick File:Gravestone of Lim Boon Keng and Grace Pek Ha Yin, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of

Lim Boon Keng Lim Boon Keng (; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and ...

and Grace Pek Ha Yin File:Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Close-up Gravestone of George Herbert Garlick File:Muslim gravestones in Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Muslim gravestones in Bidadari Garden File:Gravestone of Baharudin bin Mohd Ariff, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Baharudin bin Mohd Ariff File:Gravestone of Sahari Sulaiman, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Sahari Sulaiman File:Gravestone of Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-01.jpg, Gravestone of Ahmad Ibrahim File:Gravestone of Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008-02.jpg, Close-up Gravestone of Ahmad Ibrahim File:Gravestone of Haji Hashim Haji Abdullah, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Haji Hashim Haji Abdullah File:Gravestone of Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Zahara binte Noor Mohamed File:Gravestone of Captain Noor Mohamed Hashim bin Mohamed Dally, Bidadari Garden, Singapore - 20121008.jpg, Gravestone of Captain Noor Mohamed Hashim bin Mohamed Dally

References

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