Hinduism in Guadeloupe
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Hinduism is a minority religion in Guadeloupe, followed by some Indo-Guadeloupeans. According to a statistics data, Hinduism is practised by 0.5% of the people in Guadeloupe.[1]
There are a sizeable number of Hindu Tamil temples that are located in Basse-Terre, and other regions.[2] There is a Hindu temple in dravidian style in Changy in Basse Terre[3] and another one in Gaschet in Grande-Terre[4]
Demographics
Although the Indo-Guadeloupeans constitute about 14% of the Guadeloupe,[5] only some of them are still Hindus. Most of the Indo-Guadelopeans are Catholics, but they also worship Hindu gods. Ernest Moutoussamy, first Indo-Guadelopean member of the French Parliament said in an interview that "Though we are Catholics, we still have images of Hindu gods at home. We celebrate all the Christian festivals but we don’t celebrate Deepavali."[6]