Little India, Singapore

Deepavali is a festival of lights for the Indians which is held during the second week of november. When I was there, they were preparing to celebrate the festival. The main road was decorated with lamps.

If you are there during the festival, you should definitely check it out.

I actually stayed in this area, and its brilliant!!

You could actually be in India, and not notice the difference! Its the closest I got to India anyway!

The Deepvali festival was on when I was here, and we were told that tons of people come to visit relatives from India, Sri Lanka etc at this time of year.

There are some great temples here, brilliant restaurants and shops selling authentic Indian goods, and obviously during Deepvali the lights were fantastic.*

I visited Singapore during the month of November, whilst I was here this really huge Hindu festival was on, The streets of Little India district were decked out in these wonderful lights (that the piccie does no justice to).

They were fantastic and Little India was packed with people taking pics and viewing them.

So if you visit during this religious festival - take a trip into Little India at night to see the lights.*

Visit Little India during Deepavali Night!

Little India at Serangoon Road is decorated with colorful arches of fairly lights, garlands and Hindu deities. It's a festival of lights or what the Hindus celebrate as Deepavali. Every Hindu home is brightly lit and decorated for the occasion.

Be awed by the fairly lights. Don that saree and nose studs. Smell the garlands and Indian spices. Hear those sitar and traditional Hindu music blazing. Eat the sweet meats. Try to walk your way to the colorful temples as many Hindus flocked there to pray.

This Hindu thanksgiving festival is held between January and February every year, for the date go to http://www.sgcheongster.com to find out. It is interesting to watch as devotees enter a trance and have their bodies pierced with metal hooks or spikes. They make their way to the Chettiar Temple in Tank Road, together with crowds of onlookers and supporters. To catch a piece of action, you need to be at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple at dawn.

It's an Indian District, with lots of stalls selling vegetables, shops selling Indian music CDs, Indian Clothing and gold.

I stayed in this area for 2 nights. During my stay, I've never experienced any hassling. It's a peaceful area where you can see the daily life of the Indians. They are so hard working, shops open till after mid-night!

Another great thing is the Indian food here, cheap (compared with other food in other areas) and yummy!

Go there and walk around, you'll be impressed -- by the buildings, the food and the people!

This temple, close to the bus drop for the S'pore-K.L. express buses, is known as the Temple of a 1000 Lights. However, it is not the lighting that will catch your eye upon emtering this temple. It is the 45 foot high standing, gold Buddha. The name derives from the lighting that is draped over the Buddha. The building has an attached worship shrine to its left, and I was able to ask the worker a few questions about Buddhism, with a very enthusiastic response.

From Rochor Canal to Lavander Street you can find Little India. Seraggon Road has multitude of shops selling flowers, spices, textile, trinkets and Bollywood videos.
you will be really in india, restaurants, shops people and everything is indian ... everything with many many colour. And a beautifull temple Sri Veerama.

Bus: 64, 65, 111, 97 or 85 from Orchard Road.