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Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion[1] Hindu population lives, Hindu Temples are found across the world, on every continent. In the Indian Subcontinent, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Outside the region, the oldest temples can be found in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia where ancient seafaring empires like the Chola Empire and Vijayanagara Empire spread their dominions.

In the early modern period, Fiji, Guyana, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Réunion, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda, have seen many temples being built, as the Indian Diaspora settled across these areas over the past 250–300 years.

Over the past 70 years, immigration to western nations have led to the construction of temples for the Hindu communities in these countries.

Afghanistan

Australia

Name Location Main Deity Image
Sydney Durga Temple Sydney Durga Sydney Durga Temple Rajagopuram

Azerbaijan

Name Location Main Deity Image
Fire Temple Baku Multiple gods

Bangladesh

Botswana

Cambodia

Name Location Deity Image
Angkor Wat Angkor, Siem Reap Vishnu
Baksei Chamkrong Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva
Banteay Samré Angkor, Siem Reap Vishnu
Banteay Srei Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva
Chau Say Tevoda Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva and Vishnu
Phimeanakas Angkor, Siem Reap
Phnom Bakheng Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva
Prasat Phnom Bok Angkor, Siem Reap Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu
Prasat Phnom Krom Angkor, Siem Reap Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu
Prasat Preah Vihear Dângrêk Mountains, Preah Vihear Shiva
Thommanon Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva and Vishnu
West Mebon Angkor, Siem Reap Vishnu

Canada

Fiji Islands

Ghana

Germany

Guyana

Indonesia

Iran

Japan

Kenya

Laos

  • Vat Phou - ruined Khmer temple, southern Laos (was converted to a Buddhist Monastery in the 13th-century)[2]

Macedonia

Malaysia

Mauritius

Myanmar

Nepal

Nigeria

Netherlands

Murugan Temple, Roermond, the Netherlands

New Zealand

Bergen Hindu Sabha Ganapati Mulasthanum

Pakistan

Poland

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Hindu Temple Eekta Ganga Mandir in Nickerie

Switzerland

Tanzania

Thailand

Bangkok
Surat Thani

see Category:Angkorian sites in Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi


Dubai

United Kingdom

United States

Vietnam

See also

References

  1. ^ 10 countries with the largest hindu populations, 2010 and 2050, retrieved 21 September 2018
  2. ^ "Wat Phou - 10th Century Khmer temple in Laos". www.renown-travel.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.