Singapore - Little India

The grand nephews were totally engrossed in their new video games Grand Ma Frances brought for them;  my sister and niece were otherwise occupied so I decided to strikeout on my own to explore Singapore. I walked about a large block to the bus stop and took bus 72 to Central Haugang, then walked about a block to the subway (MRT) station NE 14 and got on the MRT headed towards Harbour front.  Seven stops later I got off in the neighborhood known as "Little India".  When Sir Thomas  Stamford Raffels founded the British colony in Singapore in 1819 he thought it'd be a good idea to have the "races" live separately in different areas of the city.  Those neighborhood still exist as Chinatown, Arab street and little India.

The entrance to the subway station and the picture I took out the entrance to help orient myself as to which way to get back to the bus stop when I returned.  By the way that upside cone looking building is the mall where I went to the bookstore yesterday. The mix of architecture here is amazing.






Here are some random pictures of Little India.

Notice the lotus flower shaped street sign?!

I saw these empty boxes behind a restaurant.  it was a beer named "Knock Out Strong Beer".  As tempting as that sounded I didn't go in to try it as I still needed to navigate my way back to the apartment. :)





The main reason I went to Little India was to visit the Sri VeerMakiamman Hindu Temple.which was built in 1843.

Everyone had to take off their shoes and wash their feet before entering the temple.  Here is my foot selfie, washing my feet. Wow did it feel good taking off my shoes and rinsing off in cold water,although it WAS a bit of a hassle because of course I had to put them back on again when I left!

There was a collection of beautiful clothe for people (I guess mostly women) to cover up with after washing their feet and before entering the temple.  Of course the male Yogis at the temple were half naked, as you will see, but I guess that is  a different story.

"Half naked guys", sometimes they were meditating, sometimes they weren't.

Here are some random pictures of the temple

The temple was very beautiful and the details of the deities were overwhelming both inside and out. The scent of incense hung in the air like Tule fog.