Koreans in India

[4] In 673 CE, Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, Yijing who reached India, recorded that the people of the Indian subcontinent were familiar with Korea's customs and beliefs and they regarded Koreans as "worshipers of the rooster".

[6] According to the 2013 statistics of South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4,550 Koreans lived in Tamil Nadu, 3,934 in Maharashtra, 3,545 in the National Capital Region (mainly in New Delhi, Gurgaon, and Noida), 1,042 in Goa, 880 in Karnataka, and 209 in West Bengal.

[11] After Kia Motors opened its production unit in Bagepalli in Andhra Pradesh more than 1200 Koreans arrived in India and mostly reside in North Bengaluru.

In addition to language proficiency and cost, the reputation of Indian mathematics education, seen as even more rigorous than that in South Korea, let alone the US or UK, is another draw for parents.

[15][16] Many students are studying in Trio World Academy, Bengaluru as it offers extended Korean school program and is closer to the establishment of Kia Motors.

[6] Sarnath, where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, has long been a popular destination for travelling Korean Buddhists, as in the case of Hyecho's 8th-century pilgrimage there.

[24] Her association with Ayodhya is based on the book Heo Hwang-ok Route: From India to Gaya of Korea by a senior archeologist and emeritus professor at Hanyang University, Kim Byung-mo,[24] which has been called speculative by some critics.

[2] Local Christian denominations also have Korean members, as in Pune, where the Church of North India began offering Korean-language services from 2005.

Buddhist expansion in Asia , from Buddhist heartland in northern India (dark orange) starting 5th century BCE, to Buddhist majority realm (orange), and historical extent of Buddhism influences (yellow). The overland and maritime "Silk Roads" were interlinked and complementary, forming what scholars have called the "great circle of Buddhism". [ 18 ]
A commemorative Rs. 25.00 postage stamp on Princess Suriratna (Queen Heo Hwang-ok ) was issued by India in 2019.
A commemorative Rs. 5.00 postage stamp on Queen Heo Hwang-ok (Princess Suriratna) was issued by India in 2019.