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Kuching's India Street has been transformed into a pedestrian mall lined with shops. Unlike Carpenter Street , this area is given over to businesses mostly catering to tourists. There are a lot of clothing and jewelry shops as well as many street stalls, especially along the smaller side streets.
21 maj 2023 · India Street is a bustling and vibrant shopping destination located in the heart of Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is a popular destina...
Formerly Kling Street, renamed in 1928 to acknowledge the Indian merchants who had set up businesses here; closed to traffic and converted into a pedestrian mall in 1992. This is one of the busiest streets in Kuching's Old Bazaar, popular for clothes shopping.
The India Street Pedestrian Mall in Kuching is a historic street with a vibrant local bazaar and a modern open-air canopy rooftop. With over 140 years of history, it was once the residence of early Indian settlers and is now a popular spot for shopping, especially for textiles and souvenirs.
If you follow this passageway you’ll pass a small Indian Mosque hidden away in the middle of the city. The Mosque’s structure has undergone many changes since it was originally built by Kuching’s Indian Muslim community in the mid 19th century.
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At first, India Street Mall was called as the Kling Street in the 1850's but the Third White Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke changed the name to India Street in 1928. In 1992, the street was closed to vehicular traffic and converted into a pedestrian mall.
