Hinduism in Switzerland
Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple in Adliswil
The Hinduism is in Switzerland 's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam . In April 2017, a Hindu umbrella organization was formed.
Number of members
According to the census in 2000, 27,839 inhabitants of the designated Switzerland as Hindus (0.38 percent of the population). Most of the Hindus are Tamils from Sri Lanka (81.2 percent). About a third of the Hindu community in Switzerland has the status of a refugee or asylum seeker.
In previous censuses, Hindus were grouped with other non- Abrahamic denominations (especially Buddhists) than other churches and communities . These were 0.12 percent in 1970, 0.19 percent in 1980, 0.42 percent in 1990, and 0.78 percent in 2000 (0.38 percent Hinduism, 0.29 percent Buddhism, 0.11 percent other).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.tamil.de/schweizer-hindu-gruenden-dachverband Schweizer Hindu found umbrella organization April 2017
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. FEDERAL Census 2000, Neuchâtel, December 2004, CLAUDE BOVAY Haute Ecole spécialisée Santé-Social de Suisse romande - Ecole d'études sociales et pédagogiques, Lausanne in collaboration with RAPHAËL BROQUET RELIGIONS LANDSCAPE IN SWITZERLAND; PDF document: 9.3 MB
- ↑ http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/swissinfo.html?siteSect=108&sid=6186723&cKey=1140784868000 Swiss Tamils look to preserve their culture, Swissinfo , February 18, 2006
See also
Web links
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