New heritage trail launched in Singapore's Little India

Four iconic Hindu temples and a brick-building of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial are among 40 sites that has been included in Singapore's first official new heritage trail within the 200-year-old Little India precinct. The new trail "goes the extra mile with specially curated thematic routes to cater to time-crunched trail-goers. It offers three "bite-sized" routes which cover different characteristics of the neighbourhood, National Heritage Board said.This is NHB's 16th heritage trail. Two mosques linked to early Indian muslim immigrants as well as Chinese and Buddhist temples are part of the 40 historic sites and 18 markers in the precinct, a tourist thorough fare of street-shops selling spices, fresh produce, flowers of Indian-origins. Singapore's NHB has launched the 4 km heritage trail around the 200-year enclave across century-old Serangoon Road.