Buddhism by the numbers Croatia

1,750 (0.045% of the population): Number of Buddhists in Croatia as of 2021

1998: Year that the first Buddhist center was established in Zagreb

1977: First Taking the Three Refuges ceremony (Zagreb)

12,000: Approximate number of people who attended public lectures by the Dalai Lama in Zagreb and Split in 2002

2.6 hectares (6.4 acres): Size of the largest Buddhist center in Croatia, the Chan Center in Hartovski Vrh

7: Number of Tricycle subscribers

1968: Year of the first bhikkhu ordination of a locally born person, Bhikkhu Nanajivako (Cedomil Veljacic) in Sri Lanka

Zagreb, Split, and Rijeka: Cities with the highest number of Buddhists

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