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 |
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Sydney Durga Temple | Sydney | Durga | |
Azerbaijan
Name | Location | Main Deity | Image |
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Fire Temple | Baku | Multiple gods | |
Bangladesh
Botswana
Cambodia
Name | Location | Deity | Image |
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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
Macedonia
Malaysia
Mauritius
Myanmar
- Nathlaung Kyaung Temple – dedicated to Vishnu, Bagan (formerly Pagan), Mandalay Region
- Shri Kali Temple (Tamil temple), Yangon
Nepal
Nigeria
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Poland
Singapore
South Africa
- Mariamman Temple
- Madhya Kailash Temple Midrand, 52 Stag Road Glen Austin EXT 3 Midrand
- Narainsamy Temple, Durban
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
- Bangkok
- Mariamman Temple - Bangkok, Silom Road
- Surat Thani
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
- Prang Sam Yot - converted to a Buddhist shrine, Lopburi, Lopburi Province
- Phra That Dum
- Phra That Narai Cheng Weng
- Phra That Phu Pek
- Prasat Sikhoraphum
- Sdok Kok Thom
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
- Hindu Temple, Dubai, Shiva Mandir and Sri Krishna Mandir and Gurudwara - near Dubai Museum, Bur Dubai, Dubai.
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
- Mariamman Temple - Ho Chi Minh City
- Mỹ Sơn - Quảng Nam province, Central Vietnam
- Po Klong Garai - n. Phan Rang, southern Vietnam
- Po Nagar- n. Nha Trang, southern Vietnam
See also
References
- ↑ 10 countries with the largest hindu populations, 2010 and 2050, retrieved 21 September 2018
- ↑ "Wat Phou - 10th Century Khmer temple in Laos". www.renown-travel.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.