West Indies

A cluster of Caribbean islands with a significant Hindu diaspora population. As
in many other cases, they were originally
brought to the West Indies as indentured
agricultural laborers, particularly on
the sugar plantations, but have now
lived there so long that they have
become a part of the local community.
On some of the islands, particularly
Trinidad, Hindus have constructed
temples and established sacred
sites (tirthas) there, as a way of connecting their religious lives to their
local environment.