page_title: Hinduism in Tanzania
hierarchical_section_title: Hinduism in Tanzania
caption_attribution_description: English: Hindu temple in Stone Town — the historic district of Zanzibar City, Unguja island (Zanzibar Island). Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania, East Africa.
context_page_description: The earliest evidence of Hinduism in Tanzania is from the 1st millennium AD when there was trade between East Africa and Indian subcontinent. Most of these traders came from Gujarat, Deccan and Tamil Chola empire. Archaeological evidence of small Hindu settlements have been found in Zanzibar and parts of Swahili coast, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
  Pew Research Center estimates there were about 50,000 Hindus in Tanzania in 2010.
context_section_description: The earliest evidence of Hinduism in Tanzania is from the 1st millennium AD when there was trade between East Africa and Indian subcontinent. Most of these traders came from Gujarat, Deccan (now Maharashtra) and Tamil Chola empire. Archaeological evidence of small Hindu settlements have been found in Zanzibar and parts of Swahili coast, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
  Pew Research Center estimates there were about 50,000 Hindus in Tanzania in 2010.
caption: Shakti Temple in Stone Town
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