The Authenticity of Sri mariamman Temple
Highlights of my Holiday in Medan:
Sri Mariamman Temple is located in three different places; Singapore, Penang, and Medan North Sumatera. Clearly, I've visited the one in Medan. This is my first experience visiting India's Temple.
"Hindu is the first and the oldest religion in the world. Buddha, Jewish, Christian, and Islam renew the theory. Basically, all religions teach us a same lesson. It's about kindness."
Said one of Dewanagari पण्डित / Pandita there which made me automatically nodded. He wore an orange cloth wrapped around his body, with a Bindi on his forehead (Bindi is a red dot on the forehead. It's a symbol as the third chakra of intelligence and beauty, and can protect it from bad luck).
Sri Mariamman was built in 1884 in Little India (Kampung Keling) in Medan for the worship of Goddess Mariamman. According to Hindu beliefs, Goddess Mariamman is the goddess of Rain and also have a power to cure many diseases, outbreaks of severe illnesses.
The architecture's color is quite amusing with very unique ornaments on every wall. Inside the temple, there are three chambers on the corner are known as Lord Vishnu-Siva-Brahma. I saw one of Indian entered the room and pray there.
The locals are very amicable, when they saw us wanted to see the temple they got really excited. They guide us to put our shoes outside the temple first, and then let us in. Anyway, if you're on your period you 're not allow to get into the temple (Same rule for the mosque, right?).
So here it is... Check out some photos that I took~
If you want to experience India's atmosphere in Indonesia, you should come and visit this temple.
All pictures taken by me with a smartphone.
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