Serangoon
Central City
General Information
Other Name: Little India, District: Serangoon, State: Northeast Region, Singapore
Area: 0 km2
Languages Spoken: Chinese and English
Long Distance Code: +65 629
Importance: Houses some of the biggest Real Estate projects in Singapore.
Best Time to Visit: July to September and May
International Access: Very much connected to rest of Singapore.Description
Serangoon is a district situated in the central part of the city-state of Singapore, within the North-East Region. The Housing and Development Board housing estate of Serangoon New Town in Serangoon is one of the smaller new towns. Its town centre is known as Serangoon Central, and is the target of extensive future development.Location
Serangoon is a district situated in the central part of the city-state of Singapore, within the North-East Region.Climate
Tropical Climate
The estate's central area is where the food and beverage outlets are located. At the centre of the estate is a circus known as Serangoon Garden Circus. In the vicinity, there are cafés, restaurants, coffee shops, fast food restaurants, a market, two hawker centres, a post office, a police post and some shops. All the roads radiate around the circus, and the houses are located within walking distance. The estate has a tennis and squash centre at Burghley Drive. At Kensington Park Road, there is a country club known as Serangoon Gardens Country Club which has the very popular Jumbo seafood restaurant.
The rows of shophouses along Kensington Park Road ,Serangoon Garden Way and Maju Avenue hosts a variety of corner coffeeshops, a McDonalds, convenience stores, bank branches, pet shops, hair saloons, clinics, karaoke lounges, cafes and bars to name a few. There is even a Chinese medical hall specialising in traditional Chinese medicine. Situated behind Maju Avenue is Paramount Building which was developed as Serangoon Garden Village in 2001. It hosts a supermarket on the ground floor and a tuition centre on the second floor. In Nov 2007, Cold Storage also opened a Specialty store in the area, catering to the increasing number of expatriates now living in the area.
The rows of shophouses along Kensington Park Road ,Serangoon Garden Way and Maju Avenue hosts a variety of corner coffeeshops, a McDonalds, convenience stores, bank branches, pet shops, hair saloons, clinics, karaoke lounges, cafes and bars to name a few. There is even a Chinese medical hall specialising in traditional Chinese medicine. Situated behind Maju Avenue is Paramount Building which was developed as Serangoon Garden Village in 2001. It hosts a supermarket on the ground floor and a tuition centre on the second floor. In Nov 2007, Cold Storage also opened a Specialty store in the area, catering to the increasing number of expatriates now living in the area.
Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is one of the most popular Hindu temples in Singapore, probably due to its location in the middle of Little India in the southern part of Singapore.
The Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Kali, fierce embodiment of Shakti and the God Shiva's wife, Parvati. Kali has always been popular in Bengal, the birthplace of the labourers who built this temple in 1881. Images of Kali within the temple show her wearing a garland of skulls and ripping out the insides of her victims, and Kali sharing more peaceful family moments with her sons Ganesh, and Murugan.
The building is constructed in the style of South Indian Tamil temples common in Tamil Nadu as opposed to the style of Northeastern Indian Kali temples in Bengal, where Her worship is extremely widespread but the style of temple construction differs considerably.
The Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Kali, fierce embodiment of Shakti and the God Shiva's wife, Parvati. Kali has always been popular in Bengal, the birthplace of the labourers who built this temple in 1881. Images of Kali within the temple show her wearing a garland of skulls and ripping out the insides of her victims, and Kali sharing more peaceful family moments with her sons Ganesh, and Murugan.
The building is constructed in the style of South Indian Tamil temples common in Tamil Nadu as opposed to the style of Northeastern Indian Kali temples in Bengal, where Her worship is extremely widespread but the style of temple construction differs considerably.