- Hinduism in Scotland
Hinduism inScotland is of relatively recent provenance, with the bulk of Scottish Hindus having settled there in the second half of the 20th century. Some Scottish Hindus prefer not to be called 'Asians' [http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scottish_anatomy/hinduism_scotland.html#Desis] as this term is often used to refer to Scotland'sPakistan i community, with which there is some friction. They make up approximately 1% of the Scottish population.Origins
Scotland through British imperialism has had contact with Hindus since the 1600s.
Most Scottish Hindus are of
India n origin, or at least from neighbouring countries, such asSri Lanka ,Pakistan ,Nepal andBangladesh . Many of these came afterIdi Amin 's expulsion fromUganda in the 1970s, and some also came fromSouth Africa . There are also a few ofIndonesia n origin.Many of these in turn are from the Punjab. Common languages amongst them, other than English include Punjabi,
Hindi ,Urdu and Gujarati.There are currently Hindu temples in
Glasgow ,Edinburgh andDundee . ISKCON aka "Hare Krishna" also operates out ofLesmahagow inSouth Lanarkshire .External links
* [http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~vkchandr/trac/TracInScotland.htm Hindutrac in Scotland]
* [http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scottish_anatomy/hinduism_scotland.html Hinduism in Scotland]
* [http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scottish_anatomy/hinduism_scotland.html#Thousands_heading_to_citys_Hindu "Thousands heading to city's Hindu celebration"]
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