Bukit Batok Memorial Site Singapore

Bukit Batok Memorial Site in Singapore has now become the Bukit Batok Memorial National Park. It is one of the most exquisite sites at Singapore and therefore the most visited one also. There are two memorials here; one is that of the Japanese Memorial and the other consists of the Allied soldiers who sat on the Hill Top. 500 allied Prisoners of war have constructed the former and the latter symbolizes a wooden cross. But unfortunately, both these structures have been demolished by the Japanese forces before the return of the British.

There is often a confusion regarding the Shrine at the Mc Ritchie Reservoir and the Shrine at Bukit Batok. The latter is for the reminiscence of the dead soldiers while the former is for the reverence of the pure spirits also known as the Kami. To be very specific there is no burial at the Shinto Shrine. But it embodies the sanctified spirits that saves humanity in times of trouble and danger. The Bukit Batok Memorial Shrine is also known as the Victory Hill. It consists of 121 steps and the British demolished the same at times of colonial era, around 1956. Once the entire structure was re-constructed the ashes of the dead Japanese soldiers who were buried elsewhere were brought back and restored at the central cavity of the Bukit Batok Memorial Site.

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