Apart from

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion

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population lives,

Hindu Temple A Hindu temple, or ''mandir'' or ''koil'' in Indian languages, is a house, seat and body of divinity for Hindus. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together through worship, sacrifice, and devotion.; Quote: "The Hind ...

s are found across the world, on every continent. In the

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, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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and

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. Outside the region, the oldest temples can be found in

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

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and

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where ancient seafaring empires like the

Chola Empire The Chola dynasty was a Tamil thalassocratic empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE d ...

and

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spread their dominions. In the early modern period,

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

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, Myanmar,

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and

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, have seen many temples being built, as the

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settled across these areas over the past 250–300 years. Over the past 70 years,

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have led to the construction of temples for the Hindu communities in these countries.

Afghanistan

Australia

Bangladesh

Botswana

Cambodia

Canada

Fiji Islands

* Sri Siva Subramaniya temple, Nadi

Ghana

* Ghana Hindu Monastery, Accra

Germany

Guyana

Tain Hindu Mandir Port Mourant is a town on the Atlantic coast in East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana. It is the birthplace of the late president Cheddi Jagan as well as many of Guyana's most famous cricketers. Port Mourant was originally a sugar estate. Many residents ...

Indonesia

Iran

Bandar Abbas Vishnu Temple The Vishnu Temple in Bandar Abbas, Iran is a historical monument constructed in 1310 AH (1892 AD) during the reign of Mohammad Hassan Khan Sa'd-ol-Malek. The temple is dedicated to Vishnu. The temple was built by the Indian community working fo ...

Japan

Kenya

* BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Nairobi *

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi (EASS) The oldest Swaminarayan Organisation in Kenya, founded in Nairobi in 1932, as East Africa Satsang Mandal, to serve as a meeting point for all Swaminarayan Devotees in the Region.p.206 The East Africa Swaminarayan Satsang Temple, Nairobi was built ...

Laos

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

Macedonia

Malaysia

Mauritius

Ganga Talao Ganga Talao (commonly known as Grand Bassin) is a crater lake situated in a secluded mountain area in the district of Savanne, deep in the heart of Mauritius. It is about above sea level. The first group of pilgrims who went to Ganga Talao were ...

* Maheshwarnath Mandir,

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Myanmar

Nathlaung Kyaung Temple The Nathlaung Kyaung Temple ( sa, नाथ्लौंग क्यौंग, my, နတ်လှောင်ကျောင်း ; literally "shrine confining the spirits") is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. The temple is located inside th ...

– dedicated to Vishnu,

Bagan Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that wou ...

(formerly Pagan),

Mandalay Region Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...

Shri Kali Temple Shri Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in the undefined Little India in downtown Yangon, Burma. It was built by Tamil migrants in 1871, whilst Burma Province was part of British India. The temple is noted for its colorful architecture, espec ...

(Tamil temple),

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

Nepal

Nigeria

Netherlands

New Zealand

Pakistan

Philippines

Shiv Mandir 1166 Apacible St, Paco, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines Sri Sidh Baba Balak Nath Hindu Temple 1607, 12 Market Ave, San Miguel, Pasig, 1602 Metro Manila, Philippines Hindu Temple HXJR+3P6, Escoda St, Paco, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines Cebu Indian Hindu Temple 48, F. Gochan Street, Cebu City, 6000 Cebu, Philippines Baguio Hindu Temple CH9M+69Q, Avelino, Baguio, Benguet, Philippines Shiva Mandir F2C4+WM6, San Isidro, Parañaque, 1700 Metro Manila, Philippines

Poland

Singapore

South Africa

* Mariamman Temple *

Madhya Kailash Temple Midrand The Madhya Kailash Temple (Tamil language, Tamil: மத்திய கைலாசம்) is a Hindu temple in Midrand, South Africa. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is the formless, timeless and spaceless Supreme God in Shaivism, one ...

, 52 Stag Road Glen Austin EXT 3 Midrand * Narainsamy Temple, Durban

South Korea

Himalayan Meditation and Yoga Sadhana Mandir Himalayan Meditation and Yoga Sadhana Mandir is a Hindu temple located in the Seocho district of Seoul metropolitan city. It is an affiliate center of Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International organisation in South Korea. The ...

Seocho Seocho District () is one of the 25 '' gu'' (local government districts) which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Seocho is generally referred to as a part of Greater Gangnam Area, along with Gangnam District. As of 2022, Seocho District ra ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

* Sri Lakshmi Narayanan Temple,

Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir is a Hindu temple located in Haebangchon, Seoul, South Korea. The temple opens each morning and evening at specific darshan times. Special programs are also held on Sundays, such as free children's Bal Vikas classes (w ...

- central

Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple is one of the most important Hindu temples in South Korea. It belongs to the Vaishnavite ISKCON movement. The temple is located in the Uijeongbu city of Gyeonggi Province. It holds many lecture seminars and Yoga classe ...

ISKCON The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktive ...

movement

Sri Lanka

Kataragama temple Kataragama temple (, ) in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a temple complex dedicated to Buddhist guardian deity Kataragama deviyo and Hindu War God Murugan. It is one of the few religious sites in Sri Lanka that is venerated by the Buddhists, Hindus, ...

Nallur Kandaswamy temple Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ( ta, நல்லூர் கந்தசுவாமி கோவில் si, නල්ලුරුව ස්කන්ධ කුමාර කෝවිල) is a significant Hindu temple, located in Nallur, Northe ...

Pancha Ishwarams The Pancha Ishwarams (five abodes of Shiva) ( ta, பஞ்ச ஈஸ்வரங்கள், translit=Pancha Eeswarankal) are five coastal ancient kovils (temples) built in dedication to the Hindu supreme being Ishwara in the form of the god S ...

Suriname

* Arya Dewaker

Switzerland

Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple The Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple is a Hindu temple located in Adliswil in the Sihl Valley in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. History In the 1990s, an interreligious society was established in the canton of Zürich to support the foundation of ...

Tanzania

Thailand

;Bangkok * Mariamman Temple -

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

, Silom Road ;Khmer temples ''see'' :Angkorian sites in Thailand * Mueang Sing historical park * Muang Tum *

Phanom Rung historical park Phanom Rung ( th, พนมรุ้ง, ), or full name, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung ( th, ปราสาทหินพนมรุ้ง – ''Phanom Rung Stone Castle''), is a Hindu Khmer Empire temple complex set on the rim of an extinct volcan ...

Phimai historical park The Phimai Historical Park ( km, ប្រាសាទពិមាយ, , th, ปราสาทหินพิมาย, ) is one of the largest Hindu Khmer temples in Thailand. It is located in the town of Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima province. I ...

- important Khmer temples,

Phimai Phimai ( th, พิมาย) is a township (''thesaban tambon'') in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand. As of 2005 the town had a population of 9,768. The town is the administrative center of the Phimai District. In the aftermath ...

, Nakhon Ratchasima province * Prang Sam Yot - converted to a Buddhist shrine,

Lopburi Lopburi ( th, ลพบุรี, , ) is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is about northeast of Bangkok. It has a population of 58,000. The town (''thesaban mueang'') covers the whole ''tambon'' Tha Hin and parts of Th ...

, Lopburi Province * Phra That Dum * Phra That Narai Cheng Weng * Phra That Phu Pek *

Prasat Sikhoraphum Prasat Sikhoraphum ( th, ปราสาทศีขรภูมิ) is a Khmer Empire, Khmer temple located in Thailand, located between the cities of Surin, Thailand, Surin and Sisaket (town), Sisaket. It was built in the 12th century by Suryava ...

Sdok Kok Thom Sdok Kok Thom ( th, สด๊กก๊อกธม, ''Sadok Kok Thom'', ; km, ស្តុកកក់ធំ, ), or Sdok Kak Thom, is an 11th-century Khmer temple in present-day Thailand, located about northeast of the Thai border town of Arany ...

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

* Hindu Temple, Dubai, Shiva Mandir and Sri Krishna Mandir and Gurudwara - near Dubai Museum, Bur Dubai,

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

. BAPS Abu Dhabi Mandir

United Kingdom

United States

Radha Madhav Dham Radha Madhav Dham, originally called Barsana DhamKurien, P.A. 2007. ''A Place at the Multicultural Table: The Development of an American Hinduism''. NJ: Rutgers University Press. is the main U.S. center of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, a nonprofi ...

Vietnam

* Mariamman Temple -

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Mỹ Sơn Mỹ Sơn () is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 14th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people. The temples are dedicated to the wo ...

- Duy Phú, Central Vietnam *

Po Klong Garai Po Klaung Yăgrai (1151 - 1205) was king of the Champa polity of Panduranga.In what is now Phan Rang in southern Vietnam Title Po Klaung Yăgrai is the royal title, not the name. According to legend, he came from the popular types with name Jatol ...

- n.

Phan Rang Phan may refer to: * Phan (surname), a Vietnamese family name * Phan District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Phan River, Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam * Phan (tray) Phan ( th, พาน, ) is an artistically decorated tray with pedestal. It ...

, southern Vietnam *

Po Nagar Po Nagar is a Cham temple tower founded sometime before 781 and located in the medieval principality of Kauthara, near modern Nha Trang in Vietnam. It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the goddess of the country, who came to be identified with the ...