Advantages: Exotic, Full of Colour. Cheap Disadvantages: Noisy. Smells can be over pouring
...you will find in Singapore's Little India are the flowers and garlands sold in the flower shops. To get there you have to travel to Campbell Lane,just off Serangoon Road ,and turn right. The shops are vividly colourful,usually painted pink,which symbolises good fortune,or green,symbolic of spring.
Flowers play an important role in the way of life of the Indian community-they are a symbol of prosperity. It is great fun to see the garland makers briskly ... ...temple. If you do visit Little India it is quite common to see Indian ladies wearing garlands in their hair.
Nearby is P. Govindasamy and Sons store which is a veritable treasure trove of things Indian. Here you can buy sandelwood incense,saris, spices, and utensils to remind you of your visit to Little India. ...
zorbay 29.06.2000 (23.02.2002)
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Advantages: Exotic.Good shopping. Cheap and tasty foos. Disadvantages: The aroma can be a bit over powering.
...Vada. Not far away is an Indian fast food joint called Komalas. You can also sample Indian Muslim food at the open fronted coffee shops. Try the tasty prata - that's a crisp-crunchy pancake.
There you have it - a round up of a few attractions in Singapore's Little India. ...
ashford 27.06.2000
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Advantages: Great food, shopping, atmosphere Disadvantages: Noisy, crowded some days
Try to avoid Little India on Sundays. This is because the whole area is filled with construction workers on their one day off. It is seriously crowded and you'll end up fighting your way through the crowds rather than looking at the shops / temples / food etc.
Having said that, if you're going to go, make it a Friday, which is bryani day in the restaurants. I can recommend Anand Bhavan on Serangoon Road for this. It's vegetarian, but it's authentic ... ...illustration of the difference between Little India and UK prices, my wife and I bought our wedding rings on Serangoon Road - 24 carat gold or £70 for both (i.e. £35 each). Imagine how much they would be in, say, London. As the gold is soft-ish, they sometimes go out of shape a little, but we take them back to the shop and they fix them for free.
On a less consumerist slant, there are plenty of ayurvedic shops and indian head massage outlets, several ...
SGallagher 14.08.2008 (17.08.2008)
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Advantages: Goods foods,cheap and clean hotel,24 hrs shooping mall Disadvantages: Can be quite a crowd on Sunday
Little India is a must to visit. Cheap and convenience transportation will be the MRT(Train) juz like the subway station in UK. Pay less than $3(Sing dollars) for your transportation. There are 2 stations which you can alight, Farrer Park station or either Little India station.
A 24 hrs shopping mall, "Mustafa Centre" which sell all kinds of products. You may want to get local souveniers there and even your electronic stuffs! It is cheap and even ... ...cheap as $10(sing dollars) which can be shared by 2 or 3 people. Try Sakuntala Restaurant and their foods are tasty and price are reasonable.
As for hotel, you may want to stay at Hotel 81 which located around Little India. The best,clean and budget hotel we ever stayed!!! ...
ladysue77 20.06.2009
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