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The Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (English: Public Service Star) is a Singaporean decoration instituted in 1963. It is awarded to any person who has rendered valuable public service to the people of Singapore , or who has distinguished themselves in the field of arts and letters, sports, the sciences, business, the professions and the labour movement.
Batara Guru, or Bhattara Guru, is derived from Sanskrit Bhattaraka which means “noble lord". [3] It refers to Siwa in the form of a guru, in Indonesian Hinduism. [12] According to Rachel Storm, the Indian god Shiva was known as Batara Guru outside of Indonesian Islands, and Batara Guru was the name for Shiva in rest of Southeast Asia. [13]