Bukit Larangan, the Forbidden Hill

When the British arrived in 1819, local Malays avoided the hill above the Singapore River, called Bukit Larangan, believing it held the graves and spirits of the ancient kings of Singapura.

1822 CE · 1.29, 103.85 · status: account

The account

Visitors such as John Crawfurd in the early 1820s recorded the belief and found brick ruins; Raffles chose the hill for his residence. Today's Fort Canning has a keramat said to be the tomb of Iskandar Shah.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Fort Canning Hill
2. Wikipedia: Bukit Larangan