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| {{Hinduism by country}} | |||
| Hinduism is a minority faith in ], followed by 0.46% of its population.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118220332/http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| ==Demographics== | |||
| Hindus constituted 0.24% of the population of Barbados in 1990, which increased to 0.34% in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Barbados.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205005441/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Barbados.pdf |archive-date=2018-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It then slightly increased to 0.46% in 2010 census.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118220332/http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| |- | |||
| ! '''Year''' | |||
| ! '''Population of Hindus''' | |||
| ! '''Percent of Hindus''' | |||
| ! '''Increase in Percentage''' | |||
| |- | |||
| | '''1990''' | |||
| | '''603''' | |||
| | '''0.24%''' | |||
| | style="background: "|''' ''' | |||
| |- | |||
| | '''2000''' | |||
| | '''840''' | |||
| | '''0.34%''' | |||
| | style="background:lightgreen"|'''+0.1%''' | |||
| |- | |||
| | '''2010''' | |||
| | '''1055''' | |||
| | '''0.46%''' | |||
| | style="background:lightgreen"|'''+0.12%''' | |||
| |} | |||
| Most of the Hindus in Barbados lives in the ] and ]. Although East Indians constitute 1.3% of the population of Barbados, only 0.46% of Barbadians are Hindus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118220332/http://www.barstats.gov.bb/files/documents/PHC_2010_Census_Volume_1.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| ==Contemporary society== | |||
| Hindus in Barbados comprises mainly the community of just 80 ] families. Every one of them has a home shrine. For many years the Sindhis kept Hinduism alive solely through their private shrines at home, which paid tribute to every Hindu deity, to the ] and the ], too. A majority of Hindus in Barbados are followers of Maharaj Charansinghji of Beas (a district of Amritsar in the Punjab), Sri Satya Sai Baba or Sadhu Vaswani. It is a community of many vegetarians and teetotalers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hinduismtoday.com/magazine/november-1998/1998-11-bhangra-in-barbados/|title=Bhangra in Barbados|date=November 1998}}</ref> | |||
| There is a Hindu temple in St Michael in Welches.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/29488/hindu-rituals-vital |title=Hindu rituals vital -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com |access-date=2019-01-09 |archive-date=2020-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605134212/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/29488/hindu-rituals-vital |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hindus in Barbados celebrate Hindu festivals like ] or Phagwah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/36286/holi-day-local-hindus|title=Holi day for local Hindus|date=28 March 2011|access-date=9 January 2019|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605135538/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/36286/holi-day-local-hindus|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| {{North America in topic|Hinduism in}} | |||
| ] | |||
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