List of Hindu temples outside India

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Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.2 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

Bangladesh[]

Botswana[]


Cambodia[]

Name Location Deity Image
Angkor Wat Angkor, Siem Reap Vishnu Angkor Wat.jpg
Baksei Chamkrong Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva 2016 Angkor, Baksei Chamkrong (10).jpg
Banteay Samré Angkor, Siem Reap Vishnu Banteay Samre, Cambodia (2211425643).jpg
Banteay Srei Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva Banteay Srei 33.jpg
Chau Say Tevoda Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva and Vishnu Angkor Chau Say Tevoda 2009b.jpg
Phimeanakas Angkor, Siem Reap Phimeanakas (Angkor Thom) (6832283805).jpg
Phnom Bakheng Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva Phnom Bakheng-2.JPG
Prasat Phnom Bok Angkor, Siem Reap Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu Prasat Phnom Bok.jpg
Prasat Phnom Krom Angkor, Siem Reap Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu Phnom Krom 006.jpg
Prasat Preah Vihear Dângrêk Mountains, Preah Vihear Shiva Temple of Preah Vihear-129336.jpg
Thommanon Angkor, Siem Reap Shiva and Vishnu Thommanon (Angkor) (6844745654).jpg
West Mebon Angkor, Siem Reap Vishnu West Mebon 0008.jpg

Canada[]

Name Location Deity Image Notes
Bangladesh Canada Hindu Cultural Society Toronto
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Toronto Toronto Swaminarayan

RadhaKrishna

Sita Ram

Shiva Parvati

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto.jpg
Fiji Sanatan Society of Alberta Edmonton Vishnu Fiji Sanatan Society of Alberta, Vishnu Mandir.png
Hindu Heritage Centre Mississauga (Greater Toronto Area) Hindu Heritage Centre Front.JPG
Hindu Samaj of Hamilton & Region
Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton Hindu Temple of Ottawa Carleton.JPG
Sringeri Temple of Toronto Toronto Saraswati Sringeri Temple of Toronto.jpg
St. John's Hindu Temple St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Krishnatemple.jpg

Fiji Islands[]

Ghana[]

Germany[]

Guyana[]

  • Tain Hindu Mandir


Indonesia[]

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[]

Philippines[]

Poland[]

Singapore[]

South Africa[]

South Korea[]

Sri Lanka[]

Suriname[]

Hindu Temple Eekta Ganga Mandir in Nickerie

Switzerland[]

Tanzania[]

Thailand[]

Bangkok
  • Mariamman Temple - Bangkok, Silom Road
Khmer temples

see Category:Angkorian sites in Thailand

  • Mueang Sing historical park
  • Muang Tum
  • Phanom Rung historical park
  • Phimai historical park - important Khmer temples, Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima province

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Uganda[]


United Arab Emirates[]

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.

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