was there a Hindu or Buddhist temple on Fort Canning Hill ??
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_Singapore
Read the part on Indian contact, migration and settlement
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You DO know anyone can change a wiki entry don't you? I don't recall ever hearing about a Hindu or Buddhist temple on Fort Canning, and I was from ACS, which is just next to it. But then again, who knows? The Singapore Stone has sanskrit engraved upon it, doesn't it?
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maybe there is....
the entire region used to be a hindu region... the indonesian kings and all the malay vassal states are hindus...
sang nila utama was hindu also....
paresmewara...landed in singapore when he was still a hindu.... -
Then why are the pirates from Singapore, in Pirates of the Caribbean, Chinese?hahaOriginally posted by mhcampboy:maybe there is....
the entire region used to be a hindu region... the indonesian kings and all the malay vassal states are hindus...
sang nila utama was hindu also....
paresmewara...landed in singapore when he was still a hindu.... -
hard to find indian actors in hollywood...Originally posted by Demonight:Then why are the pirates from Singapore, in Pirates of the Caribbean, Chinese?haha -
Originally posted by mhcampboy:hard to find indian actors in hollywood...
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Maybe a descendant from Admiral Cheng Ho expedition.Originally posted by Demonight:Then why are the pirates from Singapore, in Pirates of the Caribbean, Chinese?haha -
Didn't see any 'Hos'..hehOriginally posted by Icemoon:Maybe a descendant from Admiral Cheng Ho expedition. -
Of course! Cheng Ho was an eunuch leh.Originally posted by Demonight:Didn't see any 'Hos'..heh
But then his crew and officers should be largely chinese. Furthermore he brought a chinese princess (Hang Li Poh?) from China to marry the Malaccan Sultan; so her entourage also chinese.