Monday, August 17, 2009

where can you find this structure?





my blogger friend posted an old gate, and apparently it generated a lot of interest (responses). so, i have decided to show an old structure found in a disused place for this quiz. it is definitely older than the old gate. actually, this structure also has a gate, albeit, a small one.

i will pose the same kind of questions.

1 what is this structure?

2 where is it found? name the nearest road.

2 name one landmark very near to it.

clues: it is not in some ulu corner of singapore. in fact, it is in one of the oldest, if not the oldest, residential districts in singapore.

you may not have seen or noticed it but i came across a photograph of the same structure in some foreign traveller's blog. it goes to show that some tourists know more of the history of singapore than our own people.

11 comments:

Victor said...

I think I saw this structure before near where some British servicemen used to stay. It is in the east side along a winding road which goes up a hill. Nearby landmark is a small shopping centre.

yg said...

victor, you are barking up the wrong tree. the location is not very far from tyrwhitt road. only the top of the structure is shown. if i show the whole structure, it will be too easy.

Icemoon said...

Could it be a Malay cemetery?

yg said...

icemoon, i was correct to say you think old although you are still a youth.

Anonymous said...

It is the roof (dome) of an old Sikh temple.

Lam Chun See said...

I think it is part of the Hindhu temple at Kg Bugis Rad leading from Kallang Rd to the Kallang Riverside Park.

nah said...

The structure looks like the one at the old muslim cemetery at the junction of Jln Kubor and Victoria Street. Next to the cemetery is a Malay mosque which is just at the corner of Jln Sultan and Victoria Street. The landmark near to it is the ICA Bldg.

yg said...

mr nah, the landmark is the blue tiled malabar mosque, lah. it is not a malay mosque. malabar are indian muslims.

PChew said...

Could it be the Tomb of the Priestess at Bidadari Cemetery

PChew said...

My second guess is Nagore Durgha Shrine at Telok Ayer Street

yg said...

mr chew, the answer can be found in tomorrow's (22 aug)posting.