{"id":271356,"date":"2021-12-13T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/temples-near-bukit-timah\/"},"modified":"2021-12-13T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:38:17","slug":"temples-near-bukit-timah-nature-reserve-bdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/temples-near-bukit-timah-nature-reserve-bdp\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Temples Near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve In Singapore That Are On Everyone’s List!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The spiritual principles symbolically represented in Hindu temples near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve<\/strong> are given in the ancient Sanskrit texts of India. The layout, the motifs, the plan and the building process recite ancient rituals, geometric symbolism, and reflect the beliefs and values innate within various schools of Hinduism. A Hindu temple in Singapore is a spiritual destination for many Hindus, as well as landmarks around which ancient arts, community celebrations and economy have flourished. The Hindu temples around Bukit Timah Nature Reserve come in many styles, are situated in diverse locations, deploy different construction methods and are adapted to different deities and regional beliefs, yet almost all of them share certain core ideas, symbolism and themes. The current state and outer appearance of Hindu temples reflect arts, materials and designs as they evolved over two millennia; they also reflect the effect of conflicts between Hinduism and Islam since the 12th century.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hindu temples around Bukit Timah Nature Reserve reflect a synthesis of arts, the ideals of dharma, beliefs, values, and the way of life cherished under Hinduism. It is a link between man, deities, and the Universal Purusha in a sacred space. It represents the triple-knowledge of the Vedic vision by mapping the relationships between the cosmos (brahmanda) and the cell (pinda) by a unique plan that is based on astronomical numbers. The temple form and its iconography is a natural expansion of Vedic ideology related to recursion, change and equivalence.<\/em><\/p>\n

Top 4 Temples Near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve<\/h2>\n

We have shortlisted 4 temples near Bukit Timah Nature Reserve which are considered as a sacred site whose ambience and design attempts to symbolically condense the ideal tenets of Hindu way of life. All the cosmic elements that create and sustain life are present in a Hindu temple in Singapore \u2013 from fire to water, from images of nature to deities, from the feminine to the masculine, from the fleeting sounds and incense smells to the eternal nothingness yet universality at the core of the temple. The underlying principle in a Hindu temple is built around the belief that all things are one, everything is connected. The pilgrim is welcomed through a network of art, pillars with carvings and statues that display and celebrate the four important and necessary principles of human life \u2013 the pursuit of prosperity, wealth, pleasure, sex, virtues, ethical life, release, and self-knowledge:<\/p>\n

1. Sasanaransi Buddhist Temple<\/h3>\n
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It was built by a Burmese expatriate to serve the overseas Burmese Buddhist community and is, therefore, also known as the Burmese Buddhist Temple. It was previously located in Little India, off Serangoon Road, and was relocated to its current location in 1991. It is a multi-storied building, the interiors of which are embellished with paintings depicting events in Buddha\u2019s life and on the third story is a standing gold image of Buddha. Surround by a halo of colorful lights, is a 3.3m tall Buddha statue built from a 10-ton block of marble.<\/p>\n

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