Jainism in Hong Kong
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There are about 500 Jain families in
diamond trading business. In 1996, members of the community founded a Jain temple, Shree Hong Kong Jain Sangh, in Tsim Sha Tsui
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When the community was small, the Jains did not build separate religious institutions but allied themselves with the Hindus and participated in building ecumenical Hindu temples, with space set aside for their own images within them.[2]
See also
References
Citation
- ^ a b Tsung 2009, p. 179.
- ^ The encyclopedia of the Indian diaspora
Sources
- Tsung, L. (2009), Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China, Springer, ISBN 9780230234406, retrieved 11 September 2017
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