Columbarium Niches
Nirvana Memorial Garden · Thian Leng · Lin San Temple
A columbarium niche is the compartment an urn is placed in and kept. What differs between the suites below is the building each sits in, the figure it is centred on, and how the compartments themselves are finished. Where a site is freehold that is noted, because it decides whether a niche stays put permanently or for a fixed term.
Choa Chu Kang · Block B, Level 5
H510 法光阁 is on Level 5 of Block B, centred on Guanyin. It is the only suite in Block B with a window, so the hall takes natural light through the day, and it is laid out with two entrances rather than one. Single, double and tower niches are available, and the suite is air-conditioned.
Choa Chu Kang
H522 法恩阁 is a niche suite in Block B, finished in white with an orchid motif running through the door panels. Single and double niches are available.
Kembangan · Freehold
Thian Leng 天灵总道堂 is at Kembangan and holds its land on a freehold title, so a niche placed there stays permanently. Its niches are in the S2 suite (福位), in the same building as its ancestral tablet hall. The suite is finished in white.
Geylang · Freehold
Lin San Temple is at Geylang and holds its land on a freehold title, so a niche placed there stays permanently. Its 帝王苑 Imperial range covers both niches and ancestral tablets; the Imperial 3 door panel is designed around Guanyin. The halls are air-conditioned.
Tenure: freehold and leasehold
Tenure decides how long a niche or an ancestral tablet stays where it is placed. It is set by the location rather than by the product, and there are three separate locations here — one memorial garden and two temples.
H510 法光阁
Nirvana Memorial Garden, Choa Chu Kang
99-year lease
H522 法恩阁
Nirvana Memorial Garden, Choa Chu Kang
99-year lease
Thian Leng 天灵总道堂
Kembangan
Freehold
Lin San Temple 灵山寺
Geylang
Freehold
- 99-year lease
- Held for a term of ninety-nine years — a long and clearly defined period to plan around.
- Freehold
- No end date. Nothing to renew, and no move at the end of a term.
Neither is better than the other. Freehold matters a great deal to some families; others choose Choa Chu Kang for reasons of their own — the grounds, the halls, or simply because the rest of the family is already there. It is a difference to weigh, not a ranking.
