Places of worship in Bangalore | |
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Metropolis | |
  Places of worship in Bangalore Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 12°57′46″N 77°34′33″E / 12.9627°N 77.5758°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Area | |
| • Total | 741 km2 (286 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Bangalore (Bengaluru), the capital of Karnataka state, India, reflects its multireligious and cosmopolitan character by its more than 1000 temples, 400 mosques, 100 churches, 40 Jain derasars, three Sikh gurdwaras, two Buddhist viharas and one Parsi fire temple located in an area of 741 km2 of the metropolis.[1][2] The religious places are further represented to include the few members of the Jewish community who are making their presence known through the Chabad that they propose to establish in Bangalore and the fairly large number of the Baháʼí Faith whose presence is registered with a society called the Baháʼí Centre.[3] In the demographically diverse, major economic hub and India's fastest-growing major metropolis of Bangalore, the number of religious places of each religion reported reflects growth in proportion to the population growth. According to the 2001 census of India, 79.37% of Bangalore's population is Hindu, roughly the same as the national average.[4] Muslims comprise 13.37% of the population, which again is roughly the same as the national average, while Christians and Jains account for 5.79% and 1.05% of the population, respectively, double that of their national averages. Anglo-Indians also form a substantial group within the city.[5][6][7]
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- ^ "Jews in Bangalore". Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ ""Census GIS Household". censusindiamaps.net". 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Total Population, Slum Population". Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Census of India,2006, Government of India". 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "India's 10 fastest growing cities". Rediff.com. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2009.