List Of Hindu Temples In Indonesia
This is a list of Hindu temples and their remains in Indonesia.
Some in temples Java have a mix of Hindu and buddhist features which has made attribution and original purpose against later usage difficult to ascertain. Hindu in Indonesia is multi-ethnic, such as Bali, Java, Dayak, Karo, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Punjabi, Chinese, and other races. Hindu temples from one ethnic is different from Hindu temples from the other ethnic. We can see that Hindu Tamil temples are usually known by gopuram above the main gate. Different from Hindu Bali temples which have not gopuram above the temples.
Hindu Bali is most concentrated in Bali and some other cities in Indonesia. In Bali, we can find Hindu Bali temples (Pura) easily. Outside Bali, we can find it too but not too many.
Hindu Tamil is most concentrated in North Sumatera. The capital city of North Sumatera is Medan. There are so many Indian community in Medan, such as Tamil, Benggali, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, and Sindhi. We can find about 40 Hindu Tamil temples in Medan and nearby. Hindu Bali temples is only 2 in North Sumatera (Pura Agung Raksa Bhuana, Medan Polonia and one again in Langkat). Balaji Venkateshvara Temple (Pasar IV Padang Bulan, Medan) is developed by Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam's committee. Both Telugu and Malayalam is very minority, about 300s peoples. Most of them cannot speak their mother language again. Majority of them is Hindu. Benggali is mostly Islam and most of them have mixed with native Indonesian and so they cannot speak Benggali again. Punjabi is mostly Sikh and Hindu. Most of them mixed these religions and some of them can speak Punjabi. Hindi and Sindhi are concentrated in Jakarta and usually open textille and garment business.
In Indonesia, there is one Tamil Catholic Church (Annai Velangkanni Church, Tanjung Selamat, Medan), 4 Indian mosques, 7 Tamil Buddhist temples, and one Tamil Methodist Church.
Sikh temples is 12 in Indonesia.
Hindu Dayak is most concentrated in Middle-Kalimantan.
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