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Bidadari Cemetery (Chinese: 比达达利坟场, Malay: ''Perkuburan Bidadari'') is a defunct cemetery in Singapore. It used to serve the Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sinhalese communities. ==History== The site of Bidadari Cemetery used to be the Istana residence of one of the wives of Johore Sultan Abubakar's wives.〔(Bidadari Cemetery ), ''Singapore Infopedia''.〕 The word ''bidadari'' means "fairy" and is derived from the Sanskrit word ''vidhya dhari'', which means a nymph of India's heaven or a houri of paradise. The ''bidadari'' are depicted as kindly fairies and genies that preside over the union of flowers. In the local context, the name is a reference to the beauty of the wife of Abu Bakar of Johor who had a house there. The cemetery took the name after the sultan's wife ceased to reside there. The grounds were leased to a Japanese person who built moats with typical Japanese wooden bridges and a teahouse. There were two sections in the cemetery: the Muslim section was at the base of Mount Vernon, bounded by Upper Aljunied Road, Upper Serangoon Road, and Bartley Road; the Christian section was across Upper Aljunied Road from the Muslim section, and bounded by Upper Serangoon Road as well. Apart from being a place of remembrance, the trails inside Bidadari Cemetery used to be very popular as a running route for members of the Gurkha Contingent. Burials were not permitted after 1972, the same year that the Mount Vernon Crematorium and Columbarium was opened, which too eventually closed in 2004 due to redevelopment plans drawn up by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bidadari Cemetery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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