Belize Hindu Temple
Belize City, Belize
- Deities
- Hindu deities (unspecified in available sources)
- Traditions
- other
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Varies by community schedule; consult the local Hindu community directly for current service times before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Diwali and Janmashtami (Krishna's birthday) are celebrated by Belize's Hindu community.
- How to reach
- On Albert Street in Belize City, Belize.
Location
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The Belize Hindu Temple on Albert Street in Belize City is one of only two named Hindu temples documented for the country of Belize (alongside the Sukh Shanti Temple in Corozal), per Wikipedia’s “Religion in Belize” article. It serves a small Hindu community, roughly 0.2% of Belize’s population per the 2010 census, composed almost entirely of Sindhi and other Indo-Pakistani families who arrived in Belize as British colonial subjects in the 1950s — a distinct migration stream from the nineteenth-century plantation-indenture history that shaped larger Hindu communities elsewhere in the Caribbean, such as in Trinidad, Guyana, and Jamaica.
Major festivals observed include Diwali and Janmashtami. No founding date, founder, or specific presiding deity could be confirmed for this temple in this pass, and this entry should be treated as provisional pending fuller sourcing.
Sources
- historical record: Sourced from Wikipedia's 'Religion in Belize' article, which names the 'Belize Hindu Temple on Albert Street, Belize City' alongside the 'Sukh Shanti Temple' in Corozal as the country's named Hindu temples. The article describes Belize's Hindu community (about 0.2% of the population per the 2010 census) as composed almost entirely of Sindhi/Indo-Pakistani families who arrived as British colonial subjects in the 1950s, and notes that Diwali and Janmashtami are celebrated. No founding date, founder, or presiding deity is given.
For review
- Named with a specific street address in Wikipedia's 'Religion in Belize' article, but no founding date, founder, presiding deity, or further institutional history was found in this pass.