klguy
03-24-2008, 09:58 AM
Aiks - this is not the Nirvana that people normally think of (those heavenly places in India, Himalayas etc).
This is the Nirvana Memorial Park, a resting place for the dead!!!! It's situated in Semenyih, near Kajang, Selangor.
Mods, do feel free to move this to the correct place if necessary although I think it's a fantastic place for landscape shots.
Okay...let's get on with the travelogue...
On Saturday (Mar 22, 2008), my missus and her brother got both families together to fulfil our Chingming obligations to my departed parents-in-law. We had decided on this day to avoid the bumper-to-bumper crawl that will be the norm from Monday onwards..
So we started off at 7.30am thinking we'll be the first. I was shocked to find the Memorial Park looking like a war zone at that early hour - smoke and ashes floating in the air, caused by the burning of offerings and gifts to the deceased...
01 - Mist n smoke in the early morning..
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There are several sections to the memorial park, catering for the super rich, the well-off and the not so rich. Those who can afford it, will be buried in their individual plots, fully landscaped. The not-so-well-off can always stay in condominiums and serviced apartment....
02 - view of the individual plots
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03 - the plots are arranged in neat rows, allowing visitors to walk comfortably without stepping on the graves. And all graves are cleared numbered, making it eay to locate.
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As mentioned, let us have a look at the condominiums and serviced apartments. To avoid paying a large sum for individual plots, some people prefer to cremate their loved ones. The ashes are then placed in a vase and the vase in turn stored in the service apartment / condominiums. These are just special wall-like structures with niches in them to store the ashes.
And you even have a center courtyard where prayers and offerings can be conducted. But no swimming pool allowed !!!!
04 - the condominiums..
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05 - view of the center courtyard
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more coming next.....
This is the Nirvana Memorial Park, a resting place for the dead!!!! It's situated in Semenyih, near Kajang, Selangor.
Mods, do feel free to move this to the correct place if necessary although I think it's a fantastic place for landscape shots.
Okay...let's get on with the travelogue...
On Saturday (Mar 22, 2008), my missus and her brother got both families together to fulfil our Chingming obligations to my departed parents-in-law. We had decided on this day to avoid the bumper-to-bumper crawl that will be the norm from Monday onwards..
So we started off at 7.30am thinking we'll be the first. I was shocked to find the Memorial Park looking like a war zone at that early hour - smoke and ashes floating in the air, caused by the burning of offerings and gifts to the deceased...
01 - Mist n smoke in the early morning..
16725
There are several sections to the memorial park, catering for the super rich, the well-off and the not so rich. Those who can afford it, will be buried in their individual plots, fully landscaped. The not-so-well-off can always stay in condominiums and serviced apartment....
02 - view of the individual plots
16726
03 - the plots are arranged in neat rows, allowing visitors to walk comfortably without stepping on the graves. And all graves are cleared numbered, making it eay to locate.
16727
As mentioned, let us have a look at the condominiums and serviced apartments. To avoid paying a large sum for individual plots, some people prefer to cremate their loved ones. The ashes are then placed in a vase and the vase in turn stored in the service apartment / condominiums. These are just special wall-like structures with niches in them to store the ashes.
And you even have a center courtyard where prayers and offerings can be conducted. But no swimming pool allowed !!!!
04 - the condominiums..
16728
05 - view of the center courtyard
16729
more coming next.....