Funeral Services
At Nirvana Singapore, we offer funeral services tailored to families from different religions, ensuring you experience peace of mind during this difficult time.
Nirvana Funeral Services Special Highlights
- Embalming (arterial or dry ice), makeup, and coffin services
- Reporting the death and obtaining death or burial certificates
- Transportation of remains
- Providing entrance shroud (1 set), urn for ashes, and burial or cremation log
- Cremation and ash collection services
- Preparing and setting up the memorial service
- Use of funeral hall canopy or parlour
- Majestic altar arrangement
- Enlarged portrait with a decorative floral frame
- Provision of mourning lanterns, directional signs, and hemp mourning clothes
- Funeral record book for guests
- Memorial screen for honouring loved ones
Nirvana Funeral Services Special Highlights
Luxurious and Stunning Hearse
Nirvana Singapore’s custom-made hearse, the first in Asia, offers a respectful and elegant farewell. Wide windows provide a serene view during the journey, accompanied by Buddhist chanting.
Professional Female Embalmers
Our professional female embalmers ensure dignity and care, especially for female loved ones. Families can witness the respectful process through the unique “Journey with Love” package.
Elegant Buddhist Funeral Wake
Choose from beautifully designed Buddhist Funeral Wake themes to suit your budget and preferences. Our elegant setups create a serene and memorable environment for honouring your loved ones.
Professional Buddhist Funeral Team
Our compassionate team manages every detail of the Buddhist funeral rites, offering you complete support and peace of mind throughout this difficult time.
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Pre-Planning in Funeral Services
Pre-planning with Nirvana Singapore is a heartfelt way to ease future burdens and ensure your wishes are honoured. Here is how it provides comfort and reassurance:
1. Peace of Mind
Make arrangements in advance, knowing your wishes will be documented and honoured. This thoughtful step spares your loved ones from difficult decisions during their time of grief.
2. Financial Assurance
Lock in today’s prices to safeguard against rising costs, ensuring your family is not faced with unexpected financial burdens. This allows them to focus on remembrance without financial worry.
3. Personalised Arrangements
Create a farewell that reflects your beliefs, traditions, and personal values, ensuring your final journey is as meaningful to you as it is to your loved ones.
4. Eases Emotional Burden
A clear plan lifts the burden of tough decisions from your family. This gives them the space to cherish memories and heal without added stress.
5. Flexible Payment Plans
We offer flexible payment options, allowing you to plan ahead without financial strain while making it easier to manage costs.
6. Guidance from Caring Experts
Our experienced team provides thoughtful guidance and support throughout the pre-planning process, ensuring your arrangements respect cultural traditions and legal requirements.
7. Comprehensive Funeral Services
From burial to cremation and memorial options, we offer a full range of services to honour your wishes and support your family through this journey.
8. Memorialisation Options
Pre-planning gives you the opportunity to choose a meaningful resting place – whether a columbarium niche, burial plot, or another lasting tribute – ensuring a space where loved ones can honour and remember you.
9. A Farewell of Dignity and Meaning
Pre-planning ensures your final journey is carried out with care and respect, honouring your values, beliefs, and wishes.
10. Support for Your Loved Ones
Pre-planning offers your family clarity and reassurance, ensuring they have the support they need to honour your wishes with confidence.
Taking this step today ensures your wishes are honoured with care and compassion while giving your loved ones comfort and clarity. If you have any questions or need guidance on pre-planning, our team is here to provide the support you need.
Frequently Asked Questions
Trusted funeral providers like Nirvana Singapore, provides comprehensive one-stop service, from embalming and body preparation to coffin selection, transportation and burial or cremation procedures. In order to allow families to concentrate on peacefully remembering their loved one, they also assist in setting up wakes, religious ceremonies, catering, cremation or ash collection and post-funeral affairs.
The cost of funeral services in Singapore varies depending on the type of service chosen. Basic direct cremation may start from a few hundred dollars, while more elaborate arrangements can run into the thousands. Pricing is influenced by factors such as coffin selection, funeral venue, wake duration, religious rites, and additional services like floral tributes or obituary notices. To learn more or receive personal advice, contact Nirvana Singapore at +65 8612 5848 or email contact@nv.sg.
In Singapore, funeral packages are designed to cover all necessary services for different religious and non-religious ceremonies. These packages typically include a coffin, embalming, wake setup, funeral procession and cremation or burial services. Additionally, specialized packages are available to accommodate specific cultural or religious practices, such as Taoist, Buddhist, Christian and Catholic.
The duration of a funeral in Singapore usually ranges from 2 to 5 days, depending on religious customs, family preferences and the types of service chosen. Some religious traditions, like Taoist or Buddhist funerals, may involve extended rites, rituals and chanting, which can extend the wake period.
Christian and Catholic funerals may be shorter, focusing mainly on a service and burial or cremation. Families may also adjust the duration based on practical considerations, such as the availability of mourners and the timing of cremation or burial arrangements. In any case, the length of the funeral is typically flexible and families able to customize the timeline to meet their needs and cultural practices.
Things you should avoid doing at a funeral:
1. Wrong Attire – Dress modestly and conservatively, avoid brighter and avoid any casual wear.
2. Turning Up Late – Turning up late to the funeral service is seemed disruptive and inconsiderate.
3. Sit in the Front Rows – Guests should avoid the front rows, as its reserved for family members and close friends
4. Taking Photos – Avoid photographing during the ceremony unless you are given permission.
Here are some key points to consider for the funeral arrangements:
1. Religion and Religious Rites: Decide on the religious customs or ceremonies to be followed, beliefs and family preferences.
2. Location and Duration of the Wake: Choose where the wake will be held and its duration.
3. Clothing for the Deceased: Select appropriate clothing for your loved one for their final journey.
4. Memorial Photo: Provide a suitable photo to be displayed during the service.
5. Burial or Cremation: Choose the burial grounds or crematorium for the final resting place.
6. Handling of Ashes: Determine how the remains will be stored, kept or scattered according to the family’s wishes.
