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

The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.^[2]

Gurdwaras

• 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/

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• Gurdwara Sahib Zürich, Vorbuchenstrasse 13, 8303 Bassersdorf Switzerland

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Gurdwaras in Switzerland Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine

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