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In the 1990s, an interreligious society was established in the canton of Zürich to support the foundation of a centre for spiritual and cultural care of Tamil people in Switzerland, as well as to preserve and maintain the Tamil culture of the approximatively 30–35,000 (around 20,000 in the canton of Zürich) Tamil people of Sri Lankan origin living in Switzerland.
So, the Sri Sivasubramaniar Temple in Adliswil and the Arulmiku Sivan Temple in Glattbrugg were founded in 1994 as a non-profit foundation. [1] While some 5,000 Indian Hindus in Switzerland founded their own cultural associations, but not a temple, the Tamil Hindus opened 19 houses of worship since the 1990s.
Murugan Temple, Aarau [3] Arulmigu Siddi Vinayakar Temple, Baar Haus der Religionen, Bern; Sathya Sai Baba Center, Burgdorf; Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Thun Sri Rajeswari Ambal Temple, Basel [4]
Nachiapuram has a bank (Indian Bank), ATM, a police station, a post office, panchayathu office, a small health dispensary and a few shops. Water supply for the village is from two village tanks named after the nearby temples - the Amman Kovil Oorani and Sivan Koil Oorani.
Sri Marupuram Maha Pathrakali Amman Kovil, Walthamstow; Shiridi Saibaba Temple, East Ham ; Granite Shirdi Baba, Dalston; Shrinathji Sanatan Hindu Mandir, Leytonstone; Radha Krishna Temple (ISKCON), Redbridge ; Shree Sanatan Dharm Mandal (Durga Mandir), Vishwa Hindu Prashad temple and Ilford Hindu Centre, Ilford
The Shiva lingams in each kovil are recorded as being Ravana's installations, while one of his descendants, the ancient Yaksha queen Kuveni was a devotee of Ishwara. Eventually, the kovils became international focal points of their classical era capitals in their respective districts, maintaining their own historical records, traditions and ...
Kovil is the Tamil equivalent of shrine or temple. All Hindu temples in Tamil Speaking region are generally known as Thirukkovils adding the prefix 'Thiru' which means great or sacred. The inhabitants of Eastern Sri Lanka praise that it is unusual to apply the sacred term "Thirukkovil" to not only a specific temple but to its whereabout too ...
As of 2001 India census, [4] Thachur had a population of 3675. Males and females each constitute 50% of the population. Thachur has an average literacy rate of 54%, higher than the national average of 39.5%: male literacy is 51% and female literacy is 49%.