Bidadari Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1 January 1908 |
Closed | 31 October 1972 |
Location | |
Country | Singapore |
Coordinates | 1°20′7.53″N 103°52′19.21″E / 1.3354250°N 103.8720028°E |
Type | Historic, Municipal |
Size | 26 hectares (260,000 m2) |
No. of graves | 147,000 (Approx.) |
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 between 1907 and 1972. The site of Bidadari Cemetery used to be Istana Bidadari, the home of Che Puan Besar Zubaidah, who was the second wife of Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor Istana.
The cemetery accepted its last burial in 1972. By 2006, all known graves were exhumed to make way for development of the Bidadari Estate.