Hinduism in Poland

Hinduism in Poland is a minority religion.

Hinduism has spread to Poland through ISKCON missionaries.

Hindu organisations in Poland

There are around thirteen Hindu religious movements in Poland [http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_279.html 13 Hindu organizations exists in Poland] Some of the important organisations are ISKCON, Chaitanya Mission, Satya Sai Baba movement (though it is partially Hindu), Brahma kumaris, Sivananda Yoga and Sahaja Yoga.

ISKCON in Poland

There are few thousand followers of ISKCON in PolandFact|date=September 2008.

=ISKCON centres/temples in PolandFact|date=September 2008=

*Warsaw (ISKCON temple), ul. Zakręt 11, Mysiadło, 05-500 PiasecznoTemple president: Kasi Misra das, Deities: Sri Sri Gaura Nitay

*Wrocław (ISKCON temple), ul. Brodzka 157, 54-067 Wroclaw, Poland.Temple president: Dharma Drastha Dasa, Deities: Sri Sri Gaura Nitay

*Czarnów (New Santipura), Czarnów 21, 58-424 PisarzowiceTemple president: Raghunatha Dasa, Deities : Sri Panca Tattva, Sri Sri Gaura Nitay

Chaitanya Mission in Poland

Chaitanya Mission has ashrams and centers in all major Polish citiesFact|date=September 2008.

Chaitanya Mission had 6 Clergy, 1 Temple and 97 devotees in the Year 2003Fact|date=September 2008

Brahma kumaris in Poland

Brahma Kumaris community was founded in Poland at the beginning of the eightiesFact|date=September 2008.

The development of the Brahma Kumaris in Poland coincided with the main events of political transformationFact|date=September 2008.

Main centre- uL. Jasielska 1, Warsaw 02-128

Second Centre- ul. Grunwaldzka 6/5, Gdańsk 80-236

Third Centre- ul. Piotrkowska 82, Łódź 90-102

The Brahma Kumaris Meditation Centre practice Raja Yoga, a technique of self-development.

Indians in Poland [http://www.indianembassy.pl/iprelation.html Embassy of India in Poland]

The Indian community in Poland is relatively small and is estimated at around 2,000 persons. The large majority are NRIs and there not more than 100 PIOs.

The NRI community, who are, by and large, recent arrivals in Poland's post-Communist phase, fall into two categories. There is a business and trading community which is mainly specialised in textiles, garments and consumer electronics, though a small number are in manufacturing as well. These companies also have a number of Indian employees who are in Poland on work visas.

The second category of NRIs consists of young professionals working with multinational or Indian companies and software/IT experts. They are in Poland on projects or against fixed contracts and stay from a few weeks to several years.

ai devotees in Poland

The number of the Sathya Sai Baba devotees in Poland is very hard to state, because many of them do not belong to the Sathya Sai Organisation. In 2002 around 300 Sai devotees came to the all-Polish meeting of the Sai organisationFact|date=September 2008. But the membership of the organisation has grown since thenFact|date=September 2008. The Satya Sai Organisation has organised many meetings in the country{fact.

Yoga in Poland

Yoga is gaining popularity in PolandFact|date=September 2008.

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres is a non-profit organization named after Swami Sivananda and founded by his disciple Swami Vishnu-devananda. Its purpose is to propagate the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta as a means of achieving physical, mental and spiritual well being and self-realization.

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Poland
* Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centrum - Kraków, Poland

Yoga in Daily Life by Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is a holistic and comprehensive system concerning body, mind, consciousness and soul. It is a complete system elaborated on the basis of the authentic yoga heritage.

Yoga in daily Life Centre in Poland
* Centrum Jogi Joga w Zyciu Codziennym, Warszawa.

Sahaja Yoga is a new religious movement initiated by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi in 1970: it says that it uses the spontaneous, individual and collective awakening of one's Kundalini and the tangible perception of the Vibrations of the Spirit, it seeks to actualize one's Divine essence, bringing all the aspects of a person into balance and peace.

References

External links

* [http://www.harekryszna.pl ISKCON Poland (Hare Kryszna), Polish-language site]
* [http://www.sahajayoga.pl/e_index.html Sahaja Yoga in Poland]