Are there Indian temples in middle-east?

Are there Indian temples in Dubai, Bahrain, Muscat and similar middle-eastern countries? How is religious and personal freedom there?

Lahari

yes lahari in dubai there is one hindu temple . it is in BURDUBAI . and as an indian u hv chance to do all worships , prayers and celebrate ur festivals .

Now in dubai, they have more than 1 temple, one is shiv temple, another is krishna temple, both located in burdubai, close to each other.

In muscat, we have a krishna temple, shiva temple. lot of activities. vishnu sahasranama parayanam, ayyappa puja, sai bhajans, iskcon.

There is a small devi temple.

In bahrain, there is a krishna temple, lot of iskcon mandir, and a devi temple.

Hi everyone, proud to be associated with IL !

Religious freedom is prevailing really well in Bahrain. We have krishna temple, durga temple and also an ayyappan temple. ISKON temple is also here.

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There is a Krishna temple and besides that there is a Shiva temple in Dubai in Burdubai, in the second floor of Shiva temple there is a Gurudwara. All important Hindu festivals are celebrated here with great importance. Love, Jelaja

Hi friends,

Iam in Doha, Qatar. I dont find any temples here.

But people say in one villa they will do some pujas.... but not like temple.

No temple in Qatar

Revathi

Dear Lehari,
In Dubai, as many have written in their mails, we have a Krishna Temple (Srinathji) and a Shiv temple+ Gurudwara. In the Siva temple, they also perform Aiyappan Puja, Vishnu Sahasranama Chanting, Homams etc. Again, we have to respect the law of the land. During Ramadan fasting period, prasad will be distributed only after the Iftar time(breaking fast).

We used to have Sai Baba temple & a Panchamukha Hanuman temple. But these temples had to be closed due to some local regulations.

We can have prayers, chantings etc at home, only ensuring that the neightbours do not complain.
In Muscat, I think they have a temple with Gopuram, as we see in India. Our fellow IL members from Oman can throw some light on this.

Regards
USHA

Hi Revathi,

There are no temples in Qatar. One family running Bala Vikas was deported very recently.They are in the process of closing all the religious centers.