This temple is also devoted to the Hindu Gods Ganesha, and Murugan, children of Mariamman.

This temple was built by co-operative efforts of all the early Tamil settlers in Medan, who then were workers at a plantation company located in North Sumatra.

This temple is located in Kampung Madras which is an area in Medan populated predominantly by Tamil who are Hindus.

The Sri Mariamman temple was inaugurated its use for Hindu Dharma on October 23, 1991, by the ex-Governor of North Sumatra H. Raja Inal Siregar.

The goddess is worshiped in several regions of South India such as Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

She has a beautiful face, with four arms that carry a trident, mace and pasa and hand attitude counts a warning.