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Hinduism is a minority faith in East Timor. Almost all of them follow Balinese Hinduism.

## History

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See also: Pre-colonial Timor § Indianised Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms (3rd century ~ 16th century)

Timor has no traditional Hindu population.[citation needed] Hindus are mainly migrants from Bali who came during the Indonesian occupation. After the end of the occupation, most Hindus left the country.

## Demographics

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In 1992, before the independence of East Timor Hindus constituted 0.5% of the population.[1] After the occupation, Hinduism decreased to less than 0.1% in East Timor. According to the 2011 census, there are 195 Hindus in East Timor.[2] However, the 2015 Census showed a slight increase in the absolute number of Hindus. According to that census, there were 271 Hindus in East Timor.[3]

## Temples

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Pura Girinatha

Pura Girinatha is the largest Balinese Hindu temple in East Timor.[4][5] The temple was built during the Occupation. Now the temple is quite run down,[6] although some Balinese from Indonesia and the East Timorese government have started efforts to revitalize the temple.[5]

The Pongal celebration of the Tamil Hindus were also celebrated in the Pura Giri Natha.[7]

## See also

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* Pura Girinatha

## References

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1. ^ "Religions - East Timor". Nationsencyclopedia.com.
2. ^ "Population and Housing Census of Timor-Leste, 2010 : Volume 2: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas" (PDF). Mof.gov.tl. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
3. ^ "2015 - Statistics Timor-Leste". Statistics.gov.tl.
4. ^ "Pastika Thanks Gusmao over Dili Temple". Thebalitimes.com. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
5. ^ a b "Pura Girinatha, Satunya-Satunya Pura di Dili Timor Leste" [Girinatha Temple, The Only Temple in Dili East Timor]. Beritabali.com (in Indonesian). 12 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
6. ^ "Pura Di Timor Leste". Binginbanjah.wordpress.com. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. ^ "CELEBRATION OF "PONGAL / SANKARANTHI" IN DILI, TIMOR LESTE". Archived from the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-10-24.

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