Jainism in Hong Kong

Some Jains belong to Hong Kong originally by mixed ancestry and have Asian features.

A small group of people who belonged to Hong Kong by ancestry converted to Jainism under the influence of other Jains.

The Jains are most prominent in the diamond trading business.

In 1996, members of the community founded a Jain temple, Shree Hong Kong Jain Sangh, in Tsim Sha Tsui.

When the community was small, the Jains did not build separate religious institutions but allied themselves with the Hindus and participated in building ecumenical Hindu temples, with space set aside for their own images within them.