AdminOne of Singapore’s oldest cemeteries “Bukit Brown” has 2 Sikh statues of Sikh guards next to a grave belonging to a prominent Chinese physician Chew Geok Leong who died in 1939. It is documented at the grave site that he had the statues made while he was alive, so that after he died these statues […]
One of Singapore’s oldest cemeteries “Bukit Brown” has 2 Sikh statues of Sikh guards next to a grave belonging to a prominent Chinese physician Chew Geok Leong who died in 1939. It is documented at the grave site that he had the statues made while he was alive, so that after he died these statues would literally guard his tomb. The Strong Belief was based on the philosophy that after a person dies the Sikh Statues guard the soul against evil.
The Chinese tradition of the particular community is that after they have physically died they make statues of basically anything that they think will protect them in the “other world”. This Chinese physician was so amazed by the valor, courage and bravery of Sikhs that he wanted Sikh soldiers to protect him in the “other world”. Sikhs don’t believe in graves, but the fact is, this person recognized Sikhs is a big honor.
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