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[[Gunung Timur Temple]], on [[Hang_Tuah#In_Malaysia|Jalan Hang Tuah]], is Medan's oldest [[Taoist]] temple. [[Maha Vihara Maitreya]], on Jalan Cemara Asri, is the largest [[Buddhist temple]] in southeast Asia. The city's oldest church, [[Medan Cathedral]], on Jalan Pemuda, was originally built as {{lang|nl|Indische Kerk}} by the Dutch and Indian community. [[Sri Mariamman Temple, Medan|Sri Mariamman Temple]], on Jalan Zainul Arifin in [[Kampung Madras]], is the city's oldest Hindu temple, built around 1881; it is surrounded by over a hundred statues of various deities. [[Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni]], a Catholic church in an Indo-Mogul style, was built on Jalan Sakura III in 2005, dedicated to a [[Marian apparition]] in 17th century [[Tamil Nadu]]. At one point before and during the Japanese occupation of the city, Japanese migrants created a [[Shinto]] shrine, [[Hirohara Shrine]], to accommodate the increasing worshipers of Japanese residents.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Dibeli Pemprov Sumut, Medan Club Sudah Ditetapkan Sebagai Cagar Budaya oleh Pemko Medan |url=https://medan.tribunnews.com/2023/01/23/dibeli-pemprov-sumut-medan-club-sudah-ditetapkan-sebagai-cagar-budaya-oleh-pemko-medan |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Tribun-medan.com |language=id-ID}}</ref> It was later rebuilt during the Japanese occupation of the city in 1944 to accommodate the mandatory worship by locals.<ref name=":11" /> The former shrine still stands as the last [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=スマトラ.メダンにある日本の歴史遺産 紘原神社 - 「老人タイムス」私説 |url=https://blog.goo.ne.jp/bagus_2006/e/cc1381a7995a54876d386294b62930f4 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=goo blog |language=ja}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last1=Inamiya |first1=Yasuhito |url=https://www.kokusho.co.jp/np/isbn/9784336063427/ |title=非文字資料研究叢書２ 「神国」の残影｜国書刊行会 |last2=Nakajima |first2=Michio |date=November 2019 |publisher=Kokusho Publishing Association |isbn=978-4-336-06342-7 |language=ja |trans-title=Remnants of “Sacred Country” {{!}} Photographic Records of Sites of Overseas Shrines |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801155416/https://www.kokusho.co.jp/np/isbn/9784336063427/ |archive-date=2023-08-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref>