Kampung Keling Medan The Favourite Tourist Place To Be Visited

As Medan is the large city, and it is the third one lagest city in Indonesia. Makes Medan many tourist come from outbound. The Kuala namu international airport is the main gate to enter this place.

 Kampung Keling Medan

Madras village was formerly called Kampung Keling, the name of an area of ​​about 10 hectares in Medan, Indonesia, which once had a large Indian community.

In this area there is the oldest Hindu temple in Medan, Sri Mariamman Temple and the largest temple in Medan, Vihara Gunung Timur. 

In addition, in Kampung Keling there is also the Khalsa School (Sikh school; now Khalsa English School), which was once famous because it was the only school with lessons in English in Medan.

The area was originally called "Patisah", but later there was a change of name to "Kampung Madras" to reflect the land of origin of Indian descendants who lived there. The name "Kampung Madras" turned out to be unpopular and conversely the term "Kampung Keling" was used.

Although until the 1950s this area was still inhabited by large numbers of Indian descendants, since then the number has been reduced due to the difficult economic conditions that made them have to move to other regions. Kampung Keling is now even more populated by people of Chinese descent than India. 

Please come to North sumatra to spend your holidays in Medan. Just easy to make a booking Lake toba tour throught your travel agency. Or please contact Bintan travel Medan to arrange the tour package completely and good price.