Jain Temples in the West

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Contents 1 Jain Temples in the West 1.1 United Kingdom 1.2 Canada 1.3 United States 1.3.1 Jain Temples 1.3.2 Jain and Hindu Temples combined 2 External links

[edit] Jain Temples in the West

Below is the list (with or without links) of Jain temples. Locations where there are Jain Community Associations, Study Centres, or Social Groups but not formally 'consecrated' temples are not included here but are under a separate list. It must be noted that the first Jain temple to be built outside India was that which was constructed and consecrated in the 1960s in Mombasa, Kenya and still stands today. Jain temples in the West came about after the Oshwal and Jain diaspora spread to the West in the late 70s and 80s.

[edit] United Kingdom

• The Jain Centre in Leicester, England, the first Jain Temple consecrated in the Western world.
• The Oshwal Centre in Potters Bar, England, the only traditional Jain Temple in Europe.

[edit] Canada

• The Jain Society of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario (Website under construction) has the largest number of members in Canada
• The Sri Jain Mandir in Toronto, Ontario
• The Jain Society of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta
• The Montreal Jain Association in Montreal, Quebec
• The Jain Center of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia

[edit] United States

See: American Jainism

[edit] Jain Temples

• The Siddhachalam, International Mahavir Jain Mission Temple in Blairstown, New Jersey
• The Jain Center of North New Jersey (Caldwell area) in Essex Fells, New Jersey
• The Jain Center of Central New Jersey (Edison area) in Franklin Township, New Jersey temple is under construction.
• The Jain Center of South New Jersey (Chery Hill area) in Pennsauken, New Jersey
• The Jain Center of America (Jackson Heights area) in Elmhurst, New York
• The Long Island Jain Center (Hicksville area) in Plainview, New York
• The Jain Center of Greater Boston-Southern Massachusetts in Norwood, Massachusetts
• The Jain Center of New England-Northern Massachusetts in Woburn, Massachusetts
• The Jain Center of Northern California (San Jose area) in Milpitas, California
• The Jain Center of Southern California (Anaheim area) in Buena Park, California
• The Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago (Schaumburg area) in Bartlett, Illinois
• The Jain Center of Milwaukee in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
• The Jain Society of Greater Detroit in Farmington Hills, Michigan
• The Jain Society of Greater Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio
• The Jain Center of Central Ohio in Columbus, Ohio
• The Jain Center of Cincinnati and Dayton in Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland
• The Jain Center of Greater Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia
• The Jain Society of Orlando in Central Florida at Altamonte Springs, Florida
• The Jain Vishwabharti of Orlando in Orlando, Florida
• The Jain Society of Houston in Houston, Texas
• The Jain Society of Dallas-Fort Worth in North Texas at Richardson, Texas
• The Jain Center of Greater Phoenix at Phoenix, Arizona

[edit] Jain and Hindu Temples combined

• The Vaikunth Hindu Jain Temple of Atlantic City in Pomona, New Jersey
• The Samarpan Hindu Jain Temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Allentown, Pennsylvania
• The Hindu Jain Temple of Pittsburgh in Monroeville, Pennsylvania
• The Hindu Jain Temple of Harrisburg in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• The Hindu Jain Temple of Greater Baltimore in Finksburg, Maryland
• The Hindu Jain Temple of Northern Virginia in Chantilly, Virginia
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Augusta, Georgia
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Columbia, South Carolina
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Louisville, Kentucky
• The Hindu Jain Temple in St. Louis, Missouri
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Kansas City, Kansas
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Peoria, Illinois
• The Hindu Jain Temple in Las Vegas, Nevada
• The Hindu Jain Temple of Reseda in Los Angeles, California
• The Valley Hindu Temple in Middletown, Connecticut
• The Hindu Samaj Temple Ducthess County in Wappingers Falls, New York

[edit] External links

• http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/jainsoc.html
• http://www.jaina.org/