Tamil Hindus celebrating festival in JPMC karachi

There is a small community of Tamils in Pakistan. Some

Tamils The Tamils ( ), also known by their endonym Tamilar, are a Dravidian peoples, Dravidian ethnic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The Tamil language is o ...

migrated from the South Indian state of

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, and settled in

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after

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in 1947. Although there are some Tamils that have been there since the early 20th century, when

developed during the

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. There are

Sri Lankan Tamils Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province, form the pluralit ...

that arrived during the Sri Lankan Civil War who are mostly

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

s. The Madrasi Para area behind the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre is home to 100 Tamil Hindu families. The population of Tamils in Pakistan is over 5000. The Shri Rama Pir Mandir Temple was located in this neighborhood but was demolished by a builder. The temple was the biggest Tamil Hindu temple in Karachi. In addition, Drigh Road and

Korangi Korangi () is a neighborhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan located within Korangi District and Landhi Town.Mariamman temple at Soldier Bazaar,

managed by Pakistan Madras Hindu Panchayat was also demolished in July 2023.

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is still alive there. Till August 2019, Pakistan receives 30 post office mails from Tamil Nadu every month.

Notable people

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, Indian-American Nobel laureate born in pre-independence Lahore * Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian diplomat and politician born in Lahore; served as Indian consul-general in Karachi from 1978 to 1982 * Victor Gnanapragasam,

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bishopBishop Gnanapragasam
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References

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Muhajir people Muhajir communities

Indian emigrants to Pakistan Pakistani people of Indian descent