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The
approximately 20,000 Indians residing in
Thailand are almost equally divided between
Hindus
and Sikhs.The Hindu community is
mostly concentrated in Bangkok, where it
worships at four main Hindu temples. There
are also several Brahman shrines at which
Hindus and Buddhists alike worship.The
Hindus operate their own school where the
curriculum is based on the Thai education
system, though in addition to Thai it
teaches Hindi, Sanskrit, and English.
The Sikhs, too, are concentrated mainly in
Bangkok. Divided into two sects, they
worship at two different temples.
Collectively, the sikhs operate afree school
for poor children, regardless of caste,
creed, or religion, and through several
charitable associations they support the
aged and the sick.
Hindus and the Sikhs, though belonging to
smaller groups, enjoy full religious rights
and liberty and live with the same happiness
enjoyed by the large groups in this Kingdom
of tolerance and freedom, Thailand.
In Ayutthaya period (1350-1767) the
patronage of the two religions had been made
in the from of Royal Command.
It was opened in
Bangkok in 1949.
From 1,000 up.
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