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The Virtual Columbarium
A grand hall of remembrance that exists online — where a name, a life and a light are kept with dignity, and family can visit from anywhere in the world, at any hour.
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A grand hall of remembrance that exists online — where a name, a life and a light are kept with dignity, and family can visit from anywhere in the world, at any hour.
In a traditional columbarium, a niche holds the ashes of someone we love. In the Virtual Columbarium, a niche holds something just as precious — a person's name, photograph, life story and the love of everyone who visits.
Each niche is a private memorial alcove in one of our three halls. Family and friends can visit it any time, light a candle that never goes out, leave flowers and messages, and gather there on birthdays, anniversaries and days of remembrance — no matter where in the world they live.
You may reserve a niche for yourself, as a gift of foresight for your parents or spouse, or in memory of a family member, cousin or dear friend who has passed.
Walk the walls below. Select a dedicated niche to visit its memorial — light a candle, read the guestbook, leave a message. Select an available niche to reserve it.
The dedicated niches shown are sample memorials, placed so you can experience a visit. Available niches are open for reservation enquiries.
A niche can be prepared ahead of need, or dedicated in memory. Whoever it is for, the reservation begins with a simple enquiry — no payment is taken at this stage.
Pre-plan your own place of remembrance while the choice is yours to make. Decide your hall, your words and your photograph — and spare your family a difficult decision later.
Honour your father, mother or grandparents with a permanent place the whole family can visit — especially when children and grandchildren now live in different cities and countries.
Extended family is scattered further than ever. A niche for a cousin or relative keeps their name within the family's hall, visited and remembered alongside everyone else.
Some friendships are family by another name. Dedicate a niche to a friend, a mentor or a companion of many years, so their story is kept where those who loved them can return to it.
Four gentle steps, guided personally by our team.
Walk the three halls above and pick the alcove that feels right — or let us choose a beautiful one for you.
Tell us who the niche is for — yourself, family, a cousin or a friend — through the form below or WhatsApp.
Send us a photograph, the name and dates, and a few lines of a life story. We set the brass plate and prepare the page.
Share the niche link with family anywhere. They can light candles, leave messages and return whenever they wish.
It is an online hall of remembrance modelled on a traditional columbarium. Instead of holding ashes, each virtual niche holds a memorial — a name plate, photograph, life story and guestbook — in a beautiful, permanent hall that anyone can visit through a web link, at any time, from anywhere.
It complements, rather than replaces, a physical resting place: families whose loved ones rest in different towns, or overseas, can still gather in one hall.
Yes — many people do. Pre-planning your own niche lets you choose your hall, your photograph and your own words, and it lifts a hard decision from your family's shoulders. Your memorial page stays private and unpublished until the time comes, exactly as you direct.
Yes. Niches are often dedicated by children for their parents, by family for a relative who passed away far from home, or by friends for a friend. When you enquire, simply tell us who the niche is for and your relationship, and we will prepare the memorial with you.
Visitors can read the life story, light a virtual candle that stays lit, and write in the guestbook. Families often return on birthdays, death anniversaries and festivals such as Qing Ming and All Souls' Day. Try it now — open any dedicated niche in the halls above and light its candle.
Pricing has not been announced yet, and no payment is taken at this stage. The halls are open now for you to explore and to register your interest — when pricing is announced, those who enquired will be the first to know, with their chosen niches held for them in the order enquiries arrive.
The Virtual Columbarium is a service of obituary.my, Malaysia's online obituary and memorial home. Every memorial is prepared and moderated by our team, and guestbook messages are reviewed so the halls remain a place of dignity.
Tell us which niche has caught your eye — or simply that you would like one — and who it is for. Our team will reply personally on WhatsApp to walk you through the next step.
Submitting the form opens WhatsApp with your enquiry already written, addressed to the obituary.my team. Nothing is sent until you press send there.