Sikhism in Switzerland
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Swiss Sikhs are a small religious minority in Switzerland. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four Gurdwaras. [1]
Migration
[edit]The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.[2]
Gurdwaras
[edit]- Gurdwara Sahib, Langenthal. This gurdwara, first begun in 1996, was finished in 2006. It is the first Sikh shrine in Switzerland built in the traditional Sikh style
- Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sabha, Jean Antoine Gautier 11,1201 Geneva. http://www.sikhgurdwarageneva.ch/
Gurudwara Sikh Gemeinde Schweiz Däniken
- Gurdwara Sahib Zürich, Vorbuchenstrasse 13, 8303 Bassersdorf Switzerland
References
[edit]- ^ Chandrasekhar, Anand. "How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland". SwissInfo.
Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries.
- ^ Gurdwaras in Switzerland Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
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