Hindu Sites in non Hindu countries

Connected Sites: 10

Definition
WHS in non Hindu countries which contain structures which are or were at some time Hindu temples/shrines. "Non-Hindu countries" are defined as ones where 5% or less of the Population is a practising Hindu. Thus excluding inter alia India (80.5%), Nepal (80.6%), Bangladesh (9.2%) and Sri Lanka (15.4%).

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Connected Sites

  • My Son
    My Son
    Viet Nam
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.03
    184
    7
    Cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and the 14th century A.D. by the kings of Champa. The temples are dedicated to the worship of the god Shiva as he is known under various local names, the most important of which is "Bhadresvara."
  • Prambanan
    Prambanan
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.80
    188
    9
    Temple dedicated to Trimurti, the highest three gods in Hinduism
  • Angkor
    Angkor
    Cambodia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.72
    363
    30
    Construction commencend in the first half of the 12th century as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. It was converted to a buddhist temple in the late 13th century when King Jayavarman VIII, who was Hindu, was deposed by his son in law,Srindravarman. Srindravarman had spent the previous 10 years in Sri Lanka becoming ordained as a Buddhist monk.
  • Taxila
    Taxila
    Pakistan
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.98
    43
    4
    The remains of a Hindu temple exist at Sirkap. The entire site is described as "containing the ruins of the Gandharan city of Takshashila, an important Vedic/Hindu .... centre" - 2.2% of the Pakistani population is Hindu
  • Vat Phou
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.96
    73
    8
    "Contrived to express the Hindu version of the relationship between nature and humanity" (OUV) (Cambodia is 96.9% Buddhist)
  • Si Thep
    Si Thep
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.48
    27
    5
    "both Hinduism and Buddhism were established here during the 5th and 6th centuries, marking the beginning of Dvaravati culture" - 0.1% of the Thai population is Hindu
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Sambor Prei Kuk
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.14
    76
    9
    syncretism of Hinduism and Buddhism (AB ev) (Cambodia is 96.9% Buddhist)
  • Preah Vihear Temple
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.46
    97
    13
    "the association with Hindu beliefs is further strengthened through the idea that the siting of the temple buildings on their massif in relation to mountain peaks to the east and west of the site, demonstrates an association with the Hindu divine triad of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma." (AB ev) (Cambodia now is 97.1% Buddhist)
  • Bali Subak system
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    211
    6
    water temples - 1.4% of the Indonesian population is Hindu
  • Sukhothai
    Sukhothai
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.66
    153
    9
    "Wat Si Sawai .. is one of the oldest temples in Sukhothai. The temple was founded in the late-12th or early-13th century as a Hindu Shrine for Vishnu" (wiki) - 0.1% of the Thai population is Hindu