Apart from

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

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 ...

population lives,

Hindu Temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

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

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, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across

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and

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

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and

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where ancient seafaring empires like the

Chola Empire The Chola Empire, which is often referred to as the Imperial Cholas, was a medieval thalassocratic empire based in southern India that was ruled by the Chola dynasty, and comprised overseas dominions, protectorates and spheres of influence ...

and

Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hinduism, Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belongi ...

spread their dominions. In the early modern period,

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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.in that

Afghanistan

Australia

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

* Shri Krishna Temple, Manama * Durga Mata Temple, Bramco * BAPS Center, Manama * ISKCON Balramdesh, Manama

Bangladesh

Botswana

Cambodia

Canada

Fiji Islands

* Sri Siva Subramaniya temple, Nadi

Ghana

* Ghana Hindu Monastery, Accra

Germany

Guyana

* Tain Hindu Mandir

Indonesia

Iran

* Bandar Abbas Vishnu Temple

Japan

Kenya

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Nairobi BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi is a Hindu temple in Nairobi, Kenya. Although there were temples in Africa before this, it is the first traditional stone and marble Hindu temple to be constructed on the African continent and was built by Boc ...

* Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Nairobi (EASS)

Laos

Vat Phou Vat Phou (or Vat Phu; ''temple-mountain'') is a ruined Khmer-Hindu temple complex in southern Laos and one of the oldest places of worship in Southeast Asia. It is at the base of mount Phou Khao, some from the Mekong in Champasak province. ...

- 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. It is considered the most sacred Hindu place in Mauritiu ...

* Maheshwarnath Mandir,

Triolet A triolet (, ) is almost always a stanza poem of eight lines, though stanzas with as few as seven lines and as many as nine or more have appeared in its history. Its rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB (capital letters represent lines repeated verbatim) and ...

Myanmar

* Nathlaung Kyaung Temple – 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 Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that w ...

(formerly Pagan),

Mandalay Region Mandalay Region (, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to the west, Shan State to the ...

* Shri Kali Temple (Tamil temple),

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

Nepal

Nigeria

Netherlands

* Lord Shiva Hindu Temples (Hoogoorddreef 79, 1101 BB Amsterdam) * Stichting Shri Vishnu Mandier (Karel du Jardinstraat 60-HS, 1073 TC Amsterdam) * Radha Krishna Mandir Amsterdam (Saaftingestraat 310, 1069 BW Amsterdam) * Arulmigu Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple (Elbestraat 2, 1946 XH Beverwijk) * Shri Radha Krishna Mandir (Jan van Gojenstraat 92, 2526 RM Den Haag) * Shri Shiv Mandir (Nozemanstraat 3, 3023 TK Rotterdam)
Sri Balaji Temple
(Stichting Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Pandgat 17, 5688 KK Oirschot The Netherlands) Murugan-Temple-Roermond-1

New Zealand

Pakistan

Poland

Singapore

South Africa

* Mariamman Temple * Madhya Kailash Temple Midrand, 52 Stag Road Glen Austin EXT 3 Midrand * Narainsamy Temple, Durban * Mount_Edgecombe_Ganesha_Temple, Mount Edgecombe * Shri Jagannath Puri Temple

South Korea

* Himalayan Meditation and Yoga Sadhana Mandir,

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* Sri Lakshmi Narayanan Temple,

* Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir - central

* Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple -

ISKCON The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement, is a religious organization that follows the Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. It was founded on 13 July 1966 ...

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 The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ( ) is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The presiding deity is Murugan (Kartikeya) in the form of the divine spear vel in the sanctum, the primary shrine, and in other forms, na ...

Pancha Ishwarams The Pancha Ishwarams (five abodes of Shiva) () are five coastal ancient kovils (temples) built in dedication to the Hindu supreme being Ishwara in the form of the god Shiva, located along the circumference of Sri Lanka. The most sacred pilgri ...

Suriname

Arya Diwaker Arya Diwaker (Hindi: आर्य दिवाकर) is a Hindu association that built the biggest mandir (Hindu temple) of Suriname. The temple attracts many visitors, both Hindus and non-Hindus, coming from Suriname and from all over the world ...

Switzerland

* Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple

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 estim ...

, Silom Road * Vishnu Temple,Sathon (วัดวิษณุ) *

Erawan Shrine The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine (; ; 'shrine of Lord Maha Brahma'), is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. The name also refers ...

* Phra Indra Shrine * Lakshmi Shrine ;Chiang Rai * Wat Phra Mae Si Maha Umathew (วัดพระแม่ศรีมหาอุมาเทวี) * Pikanesuan Devalai Chiangmai * Ganesha Temple Sanpantong ; Lampang * Ganesha Nakorn Thoen-Wat Khaek (พระพิฆเนศนครเถิน-วัดแขกลำปาง) ; Nakhon Si Thammarat * Hor Phra Isuan ; Pattaya * Shree Jyotirlingeshwasher Shiva Dhaam (เทวาลัยพระศิวะเทพ พัทย/Shiv Temple Pattaya) * ISKCON Pattaya ; Phuket * Phra Phrom Square, Rawai, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket (ลานพระพรหม) * ISKCON Phuket, Phuket * Kuil Thandayudapani Murugan Phuket(பூகெட் தண்டாயுதபாணி முருகன் கோவில்/วมูลนิธิภูเก็ตตันดายูดาปานี) * Shree Bhagawat Dhaam Sanatan Mandir, Pa Tong, Phuket (Phuket Sivan Temple/ศรี ภควัต ธัม ศานาตัน มัณฑีร์/श्री भागवत धाम सनातन मंदिर) ; Songkhla * Kuil Ganesh Dannok, Dannok Ganesh Temple, Dannok, Sadao (พระพิฆเนศด่านนอก/ தன்னோக் விநாயகர் கோவில் ) ; Surat Thani * Sri Ganesha Temple, Phunphin, Surat Thani (เทวสถานศรีฆเนศวร) ;Khmer temples ''see'' :Angkorian sites in Thailand *

Mueang Sing historical park Mueang Sing (, ) is a historical park in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. It protects the remains of two Khmer temples dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. It was declared a historical park in 1987. History The history of ...

* Muang Tum *

Phanom Rung historical park Phanom Rung Historical Park is an archaeological site in Thailand, covering the ruins of Prasat Phanom Rung (, ), a Hindu Khmer Empire temple complex set on the rim of an extinct volcano at elevation. It is located in Buriram Province in the Isa ...

Phimai historical park The Phimai Historical Park () is a historical parks of Thailand, historical park in Thailand, covering the ancient town of Phimai and the ruins of Prasat Phimai , ; , ) the largest ancient Khmer architecture, Khmer-Hindu temple in Thailand. It i ...

- important Khmer temples,

Phimai Phimai () 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 of the fall of the ...

, Nakhon Ratchasima province * Phra That Dum *

Phra That Narai Cheng Weng Phra That Narai Cheng Weng or Phra That Narai Jengveng ( Thai:พระธาตุนารายณ์เจงเวง) - is located at Mueang Sakon Nakhon District, Sakon Nakhon Province, the stupa is built from sandstone on a laterite base a ...

* Phra That Phu Pek *

Prasat Sikhoraphum Prasat Sikhoraphum () is a Khmer temple located in Thailand, located between the cities of Surin and Sisaket. It was built in the 12th century by King Suryavar aras, devatas and dvarapalas. The temple was converted for use by Buddhists ...

Sdok Kok Thom Sdok Kok Thom (, ''Sadok Kok Thom'', ; , ), or Sdok Kak Thom, is an 11th-century Angkorian temple in present-day Thailand, located about northeast of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. The temple is in Khok Sung District, Sa Kaeo Province ...

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi * BAPS Abu Dhabi Mandir Dubai *

Hindu Temple, Dubai The Dubai Hindu Temple is a place of worship for Hindus in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The temple caters to the large Hindu community in the UAE. The temple complex, initially established in 1958 in Bur Dubai, comprised the Shiv ...

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

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

. * Hindu Temple Jebel Ali Dubai.

United Kingdom & Europe

United States

Vietnam

* Mariamman Temple -

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Mỹ Sơn Mỹ Sơn () is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Shaiva Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 13th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people. The temples are dedicated to ...

- Duy Phú, Central Vietnam *

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- n.

Phan Rang Phan may refer to: * Phan (surname), a Vietnamese family name * Phan District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Phan River The Phan River () is a river of Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam.Vietnam Administrative Atlas, NXB Bản Đồ, 2004 It flo ...

, 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 th ...