Hari Raya Puasa at Sultan Mosque

Year 1959

Muslims at the Sultan Mosque ready to make their prayers on Hari Raya Puasa. The Mosque was built in 1824 for Sultan Hussein Shah. Sir Stamford Raffles donated $3000 to the construction of the mosque. This contribution was a part of the treaty with the sultan in exchange for the right to establish a trading post on the island of Singapore.

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Armenian Church of St Gregory

Year 1994

This national monument that is at least two centuries old was restored in time for an Armenian Orthodox service conducted by visiting Armenian Bishop Dr. Osbagan Choloyan. Built in 1835, the Armenian Church is the oldest surviving church building in Singapore. This was funded by the small but wealthy Armenian community and was gazetted as a national monument in 1973.

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Al-Falah Mosque at Cairnhill Place

Year 1987

Cairnhill Place - Singapore's first mosque the Al-Falah Mosque to be housed in a high-rise building that was opened within the busy Orchard Road area. It was opened in 1987 and still remains the only mosque in the Orchard Area

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Muslim Man in Al-Ansar Mosque at Bedok

Year 1981

Featuring a Muslim man walking around the Al-Ansar Mosque, located at the junction of Chai Chee Street and Bedok North Avenue 1. Muslim community leaders wanted a mosque in the estate, and a proposal was put forth in 1974. By 1977, Al-Ansar Mosque started construction under phase one of the Mosque Building Fund (MBF) programme. Apart from the main prayer hall, it also has a conference room, Quran reading room, a library, a woman's gallery and living quarters.

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Entrance of Al-Ansar Mosque at Bedok

Year 1981

Interior of the four-storey Al-Ansar Mosque located at the junction of Chai Chee Street and Bedok North Avenue 1. The Mosque was designed by HDB in 1977. After 2.5 years of rebuilding, it was completed in 2015.

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Chee Tong Temple at Hougang Avenue 3

Year 1987

The $2 million Chee Tong temple at Hougang Avenue 3. It symbolises an "open welcome" to devotees and visitors as there are no windows and no doors at the entrance. Taoism and Buddhism are practised there, and Confucianism is also taught there. The prisms act as a skylight at the apex of the pyramid-shaped roof. At night, the lights in a symbolic circle around the altar bounce off the prism's mirrors to create a shimmering effect.

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Celebration at Novena Church

Year 1981

The facade of Novena Church was decorated with flowers for the celebration in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 6 September 1981.

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Annual Novena Procession at Novena Church

Year 1960

Catholics, other Christians and non-Christians took part in the annual Novena procession to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.

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Tibetan Temple at Pasir Ris

Year 1995

Some 30 Tibetan monks chanted and played ritual music to mark the opening of the Sakya Tenphel Ling Temple at Pasir Ris Drive 4. The Sakya Tenphel Ling Temple was one of the first Tibetan Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia. The temple incorporates both Chinese and Tibetan style of architecture which focuses on simplicity, peace and harmony.

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St Francis Xavier Church at Serangoon Garden Estate

Year 1959

Congregation at the first service held at the new St Francis Xavier church at Serangoon Garden Estate, 11 January, 1959.

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Former CHIJ School at Victoria Street

Year 1983

Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) moved out of its Victoria Street home to a new home in Toa Payoh, after 130 years. The convent used to be the home of many abandoned baby girls in Singapore before the war. The nuns established an orphanage and boarding house on school grounds, providing both shelter and education.

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Shuang-Lin Temple at Kim Keat Road

Year 1974

Shuang Lin Monastery (双林寺) is a Buddhist monastery at Kim Keat Road. Considered the oldest one in Singapore, it was officially founded in 1898, although construction work on the monastery complex only began in 1902.

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An-Nur Mosque at Woodlands

Year 1980

An-Nur Mosque was initiated by the Muslim community of Woodlands, who wanted an accessible place of worship. As Woodlands used to be primarily made up of kampungs, the Muslim community had to travel out to visit the nearest mosque. In 1980, the blue mosque of Singapore was opened.

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Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple at Potong Pasir

Year 1984

In 1870, Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple was established in Potong Pasir by Hindus. In 1969, an architectural firm from India redesigned the temple to its incredible design today. One of the outstanding features of the conserved temple is its elaborate vimana adorned with deities.

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Good Friday at St Joseph's Church

Year 1951

As the sun set in Singapore, thousands of Catholics with lighted candles in their hands crowded the grounds of St. Joseph's Church to take part in a Good Friday religious procession in 1951. A church that practises many Portuguese Catholic traditions, St Joseph's Church building was established as a national monument in 2005.

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St Bernadette Church at Zion Road in River Valley

Year 1959

St Bernadette's Church at Zion Road in River Valley. It is a Catholic Church built in 1958 and became a landmark at Zion Road. It took over the premises of the convent next door and expanded.

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St Thomas Syrian Church at Topaz Roa

Year 1959

St Thomas Syrian Orthodox Church at Topaz Road. The Church traces its origin to as far back as A.D. 52 when St. Thomas one of the Disciples of Jesus Christ came to India and established Christianity in the Southwestern parts of the sub-continent.

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Tentera Di Raja Mosque at Clementi Road

Year 1962

Tentera Di Raja Mosque was the British Army's first mosque in the Far East, at Clementi Road. It originated from the Muslims serving in the British Army before Singapore’s independence. After the British Army's withdrawal from Singapore in the late 1960s, it was officially re-opened by the then Yang Di Pertuan Negara, Yusof Ishak, on 30 March 1962.

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Opening of Masjid Muhajirin at Braddell Road

Year 1977

The three-storey Masjid Muhajirin at Braddell Road was the first mosque to be completed under the Mosque Building Fund Scheme. Its prominent dome and minaret at the entrance of the building are its distinct features. The masjid had been re-built as part of the Singapore Islamic Hub development and opened to the public in 2009.

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The Former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus

Year 1956

A general view of the former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. (currently Chijmes). It was once the home to the oldest Catholic girls’ school in Singapore, founded by the French sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Infant Jesus in 1854. Later on, this contributed to our local education with the proliferation of other convent schools for girls in Singapore.

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Hajjah Fatimah Mosque at Kampong Glam

Year 1971

Located along Beach Road in the historic Kampong Glam area, is the Hajjah Fatimah Mosque. It is one of the oldest mosques in Singapore and a rare example of one named after a woman.

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The Cathedral of Good Shepherd at Queen Street

Year 1979

The Cathedral of Good Shepherd at Queen Street, 15 March 1979. It is the oldest Catholic church in Singapore, built in 1847. It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the Civic District.

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Central Sikh Temple or Central Sikh Gurdwara

Year 1986

The Central Sikh Temple at Towner Road serves as the first gurdwara in Singapore. Established in 1912, it was previously known as the Queen Street Gurdwara Sahib, due to its former location on Queen Street and is one of 2 public Sikh temples in Singapore. The other one is the Silat Road temple, which is also managed by the Central Sikh Temple.

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Conserved Kiew Lee Tong Temple at Upper Thompson

Year 1979

The Kiew Lee Tong Temple is a Hokkien Taoist temple of the Henghwa community at Upper Thompson Road. It is well-known for the “Appeasement of Spirits Ritual” held once every decade during the Hungry Ghost Festival involving Taoist and Buddhist priests, and opera actors. This ritual started after the Second World War when thousands of local Chinese were massacred during the Japanese ‘Sook Ching’ exercises. It was gazetted for conservation in 2014.

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Consecration Ceremony at the Sri Mariamman Temple

Year 1971

About 10,000 Hindu devotees witnessed the Maha Kumbabishegam, the consecration ceremony at the Sri Mariamman Temple, South Bridge Road. When a temple has been newly built, relocated or renovated, a ceremony of consecration (blessing) and devotion called the Maha Kumbabishegam will be held held.

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Opening of Kiew Lee Tong Temple at Upper Thomson

Year 1979

Devotees attending the official opening of Kiew Lee Tong Temple (九鲤洞, Abode of the Nine Carps) at Jalan Tambur, off Upper Thomson Road. It is a Hokkien Taoist temple of the Henghwa (兴化）community. The temple was established in 1934 in Arab Street, commemorating the nine He (何) brothers who, according to legend, ascended to heaven by riding on nine carps.

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The Entrance of Shuang-Lin Temple in Toa Payoh

Year 1980

Serenely-spanning 1.62 hectares in Jalan Toa Payoh, the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery (莲山双林寺) is commonly known as Siong Lim Temple. The Buddhist monastery is considered the oldest one in Singapore, and was officially founded in 1898 although construction for the monastery complex began in 1902. The original monastery complex was built by Chinese craftsmen using materials imported from Fujian province.

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Srinivasa Perumal Temple Along Serangoon Road

Year 1980

Srinivasa Perumal Temple along Serangoon Road. On Thaipusam day, kavadi bearers assemble for prayers and piercing before they start their journey to finish their prayers at the Tank Road Temple. The temple is dedicated to Hindu god Sri Vishnu, worshipped as the embodiment of the powers of preservation and protection. Sri Vishnu in the form of Sri Srinivasa Perumal is the presiding deity here.

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Original Poh Tiong Beo Temple at Toa Payoh Village

Year 1968

The predecessor of Poh Tiong Beo was Pu Zhong Dian Zhu Shan Tang (普忠殿助善堂), a shrine founded in the 1920s on Nankin Street. The founders were primarily from Tong An, Fujian (福建同安) clan. As the community grew, the shrine became increasingly crowded, prompting the clansmen to pool their resources and build a new temple at Toa Payoh Lorong 6. Consecrated in 1957, this new temple, situated in the middle of Toa Payoh housing estates, was named Poh Tiong Beo ( 普中庙).

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Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery in Toa Payoh

Year 1968

The Toa Payoh satellite HDB flats were being built in the background of the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery in 1968. The temple was constructed in 1909, and today it still stands at the same location in Toa Payoh, right by the Pan Island Expressway.

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Hong San See Temple

Year 2013

The Hong San See Temple (meaning Temple on Phoenix Hill) at 30 Mohamed Sultan Road was first established by Nan An immigrants from Fujian, China. The temple is designed in traditional Hokkien style. The decorations on the roof were made with a unique technique called 'jian nian', where ceramics were trimmed, and fragments were used to form images and designs.

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Church of Saints Peter & Paul at Queen Street

Year 2016

Built in 1870 along Queen Street, the Church of Saints Peter & Paul is closely linked to Singapore’s early Chinese Catholic community. Designed in the tropical Gothic style, it is the nation’s second oldest church and was gazetted a national monument in 2003 after several extensions and renovations.

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Sultan Mosque in Kampung Glam

Year 2016

The Sultan Mosque, located on Muscat Street in Kampong Glam, was first built in 1824 and rebuilt in 1932. Named after Sultan Hussein Shah, it remains a key landmark for Singapore’s Muslim community. Designated a national monument in 1975, it stands as a symbol of faith and heritage.

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