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8 unusual facts about Cheras


Cheras

Cheras LRT station, an at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the Kuala Lumpur township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Poliklinik Cheras, a haunted female governmental hospital in Kuala Lumpur

Cheras, Selangor, a suburb that stretches from Kuala Lumpur to Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia

Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

Several local shopping centres were established in Cheras with varying success, including Cheras Leisure Mall, Connaught Market Centre (Giant Hypermarket), Carrefour Cheras, Jaya Jusco Taman Maluri, Viva Home, AEON Jusco Cheras Selatan, Cheras Sentral Shopping Mall and Hero Super Market (located at Bandar Sri Permaisuri).

Cheras also will hosts few MRT stations in the newly proposed Klang Valley MRT project which would kick start the ground work at July 2011.

K. Pathmanaban

His remains were cremated at the Hindu crematorium in Cheras and the ashes were taken to Port Dickson to be scattered in the sea according to Hindu rites.

Poliklinik Cheras

Poliklinik Cheras (Peng Kuai) or Poliklinik Cahaya was a haunted female governmental hospital created in October 1954 in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

University of Kuala Lumpur

Rated as a Tier-5 "Excellent University" by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia in 2009 and 2011, UniKL has 12 institutes spread across 11 campuses throughout Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Gombak, Cheras, Bangi, Kajang, Sepang, Taboh Naning, Pasir Gudang, Ipoh, Lumut and Kulim.


Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School

In 2006, Bukit Bintang Girls' School moved to a new location in Cheras and did not retain its original name; it is now known as SMK Seri Bintang Utara.

German-Malaysian Institute

It was located at Taman Shamelin-Perkasa, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur but has moved to the new campus in Jalan Ilmiah, Taman Universiti, 43000 Kajang, Selangor.

Malayamān

He was a contemporary of the famous horseman and chief Korran of Kudiramalai, a general of the Cheras.

Seal of Kerala

As the second line Cheras were more adherent to Lord Vishnu, the emblem of Conch, which represents Lord Vishnu, started extensively used in various flags and personal insignias.


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