Indian Cultural and Religious Bodies in Bahrain

Indian Cultural and Religious Bodies in Bahrain


Contributed by jj

The Bahraini authorities have shown a flexible and liberal attitude towards the expatriate community in contrast to others regionally. This is reflected in the fact that the Indian community has 30 registered and 15 unregistered socio-cultural organizations in addition to 5 schools. There are 5 churches, a number of Hindu religious centres including a 60-year-old Hindu temple. In addition there are 6 Gurudwaras. The Indian Club was set up in 1915 and the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam was set up in 1947. Most of the associations have been brought under the umbrella of the Co-ordination Committee of Indian Associations (CCIA) with a view to centralizing efforts on key occasions such as Independence / Republic day etc. It is notable that Bahrain permits religious freedom, which is not generally the case elsewhere in the region.

S.No Name of Associations/Clubs President/Chairman Secretary
1. The Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam
P.O. Box: 757
Tel : 17251878
Fax: 17250412
George Mathew
Mob: 39469102
Chandramohan E.
Mob: 39813050

2. The Indian Club
P.O. Box: 356
Bahrain.
Fax: 1755490
Vicky Kamboj
Mob: 39403700

3. The Indian Fine Arts Society
P.O. Box: 1209
Bahrain.
Tele/fax: 17535844
K. Ramachandran
Off: 17733266
Res: 1722164
Mob: 39293612
Fax: 17722164
K.G. Devarajan
Mob: 39884222

4 Indian Ladies Association (ILA)
P.O. Box: 1108
Bahrain.
Tele: 17531468
Fax: 17763583
Mrs. Vani Krishnan
Res: 17691309
Mob: 39873357
Mrs. Poonam Sharma
Mob: 39576051

5. Karnataka Social Club
P.O. Box: 20566
Bahrain.
Tele: 17254257/F:17259931
Philip D’Mello
Mob: 39451264
Charles Rodrigues
Mob: 39098006

6. Konkan Singers Club
P.O. Box: 26520
Bahrain.
Tel: 17243511, 17275358
Fax: 17241396
Santosh Monteiro
Mob: 39410850
Vincent Sequeira
Mob: 39271015

7. Maharashtra Cultural Society
P.O. Box: 10527
Bahrain.
Tele: 17272050
Dr. Prabhakar Wagh Mrs. Vinita Chitte
8. Kerala Arts & Cultural Association
P.O.Box: 1064
Bahrain.
C.H. Mohammed
Off: 17785784
Res: 17271381
Fax: 17785784
T.P. Abdulla
Off: 240161
Bleep:9385420
Mob: 39639319

9. The Institution of Engineers (India) Bahrain Chapter
P.O. Box: 1724
Bahrain.
R.K. Singh
(Chairman)
Off: 17696713
Res: 17728034/Fax
Mob: 39286360
rajamit@batelco.com.bh
D. Jayachandran
Off: 17787654
Res: 17686973
Mob: 39264882
vinjey@hotmail.com

10. Bahrain Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
P.O. Box: 10924
Bahrain.
T.P. Chandra Sekar
Off: 17205563
Res: 17793531
Mob: 39813137
Fax: 17205670
Agnel Pereira
Mob: 39959002

11. Young Goan’s Sports Club
P.O. Box: 20390
Bahrain.
Tele:/Fax: 17710602
Cascius Pereira
Mob: 39660475
Brian Dias
Mob: 39466355

12. Kerala Catholic Association
P.O. Box: 20651
Bahrain.
Fax: 17263994
Tele: 17232109
Peter Paily
Mob: 39467402
Off: 17673233
Res: 17740530
Johnson K. Devassy
Mob: 39245396
Off: 17755145
Res: 39589821

13. The Mar Thoma Parish
P.O. Box: 1037
Bahrain.
Rev. Mathews Chandy
Tele: 17255759
Mob: 39476838
Fax: 17263029
T.K. Alexander
Mob: 39468125
Res: 17256651

14. St. Mary’s Orthodox Church
P.O. Box: 834
Bahrain.
Rev. Kuriakose Thannikottu
Off: 17252980,
Mob: 39445358
N.K. Mathew
Mob: 39407932
Off:17732489
Res: 17254130

15. St. Peter’s Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
P.O. Box: 20417
Bahrain.
Rev. Shyjan Kuriakose
Off: 17245432
Fax: 17251476
T.V. Jacob
Mob: 39805845

16. The Bahrain Malayalee CSI Parish
P.O. Box: 20272
Bahrain.
Tel : 17234095
Rev. Abraham Kurian
Tele: 17234095
E-mail:
csibahrain@gulf2az.com
Mob: 39042453
Fax: 17234095
Varghese George
Mob: 39402015

17. Thattai Hindu Community
P.O. Box: 1498
Bahrain
Tele: 17256131
Bhagwan Haridas Gandhi
Chairman
off: 17210617/619
Res: 17401766
Mob: 39605241
Fax: 17210627
Bhagwan L. Asarpota
Off: 17223689
Res: 17231660
Mob: 39691500
Fax: 17223648

18. Bhatia Mitra Mandal
P.O. Box: 1954
Bahrain.
Tel : 17229945
Fax: 17228277
Anil Damodar
Off: 17229687
Res: 17227702
Mob: 3661345
Amit Karani
Off: 17294431
Mob: 39601789

19. Bohra Association
P.O. Box: 967
Bahrain.
Tele: 17232821
Fax: 17231341
Yousuf Yaha Mohiuddin
Off: 17231341/17232829
Saifuddin F. Deen
Off: 17223811
Res: 17272159
Fax: 17223826
Mob: 3952786

20. Bahrain Kannada Sangha
P.O. Box: 1184
Bahrain.
Tele: 17271257/F:17276808
Rajkumar
Mob: 39688395
Ratnakar Mallar
Mob: 39542168

21 Kerala Muslim Jama'ath
P.O. Box; 1064
Bahrain.
Haji Mohd. Ali
Off: 17662872
C.H. Mohammed
Off: 17785784
Res: 17271381
Fax: 17785784
Mob: 39292290

22 Shri Gujarati Samaj
P.O. Box: 10361
Bahrain.
Fax: 17274048
Mukesh Chhaganlal
Off: 17210410
Res: 17232610
Mob: 39621041
Fax: 17212901

Mahendra Shah
Off: 17225450
Res: 17211275
Mob: 39678592

23 Chinmaya Society
P.O. Box: 20046
Bahrain.
Kishore Asarpota
Off: 17223748
Res: 17233665
Fax: 17223830
Vijay Kumar
Off: 1793317
Res: 17232903
Mob: 39660841

24. Telugu Kala Samithi
P.O. Box: 22707
Bahrain.
P. Rajassekhar
Mob: 39227481
J.P. Kiran Kumar
Mob: 39299123

25. Tamil Social & Cultural Association (TASCA)
P.O. Box: 3264
Bahrain.
Tele: 17273553
Fax: 17231020
Ahmed Mohamed Iqbal
Off: 17231020
Mob: 39693592
T. Retnaraj
Mob: 39457409

26. Sikh Temple
(Sri Guru Singh Sabha)
Villa 25 Gate 714 Road 7325
Abu Saiba 473
Paramjeet Singh Walia
Off: 1757057
Res: 17258117
Fax: 17253263
Mob: 39456787
P.O. Box: 20458
Gian Singh
Res: 17227950
Mob: 39825998

27. The Sree Narayana Cultural Society
P.O. Box: 21350 Bahrain.
Tele:17255517/Fax:17231771
N.O. Rajan
Mob: 39806971
Vinod Kumar
Mob: 39406722

28. Bongiyo Samaj Social & Cultural Association
P.O. Box: 15285
Bahrain.
Gopinath Mandal
Mob: 39687574
Off: 17752370
Res: 1756298
Fax: 17756991/Pager;9487009
Kalyanbrata Dasgupta
Mob: 39697901
Fax: 17712292

29. Kerala Social & Cultural Asssociation
P.O. Box: 21889
Fax: 17251822
Tele:1751941
V.V. Mohan
Mob: 39608559
Fax: 17786326
P.O. Box: 32314
K.R. Raghunath
Mob: 39660875

30. Indian Association
P.O. Box: 327
Bahrain.
Prakash Devji
Off: 1711334
Mob: 39414073
Fax: 17211369
P.O.Box: 1428 -
Ahmed Humayun
Mob: 39466208 -


Unregistered Clubs & Associations

31. Thattai Hindu Mercantile Community
P.O. Box: 20524
Bahrain.
Lalchand Ratanchand Gajria
Mob: 39687979
Laxmidas Karani
Off: 17211029
Res: 17256512
Fax: 17212387
Mob: 39122440

32. NRI Investors Group
P.O. Box: 747
Bahrain.
Nevin Megchiani
Off: 17252921
17252606
Res: 17643505
Fax: 17254638
Mob: 39663733

33. Muslim Education Society
Bahrain.
Eraj Ahmed
Off: 1730074
Res: 17727798
Mob: 39620123
Fax: 17530177
P.O. Box: 15125
Mohammed Abdul Mannan
Mob: 39045292

34. The Bahrain Malayalee Christian Congregation
Bahrain.
K.M. George
Mob: 9650405
Res: 17255214
Res: 17256529
Fax: 17261048
P.O. Box: 5866
Thomas Thomas
Mob: 39605926
Res: 17258472
Off: 17400503
Fax: 17400373

35. The Bahrain Tamil Christian Congregation
P.O. Box: 1
Bahrain.
Victor Bennet
Mob: 39683735
Res: 17330754

36. Telugu Christian Congregation
P.O. Box: 1
Bahrain.
J.B.R. Prabhakar
Mob: 39280138
Res/Fax:17256095
B. Christopher
Mob: 39083279

37. The Middle East Pentecostal Church
Bahrain.
P.M. Joy
Mob: 39465607
Fax: 17732042
P.O.Box: 11786
Johnson
38. Bahrain Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre
P.O. Box: 3186
Bahrain.
Tel: 17250119/Fax:17274394
E-mail: bkmcc60@hotmail.com
Anduman
Mob: 39679522
Ali Quilandy
Mob: 39896100

39. Indian Overseas Cultural Congress Samuel Kizhakkupuram
Off: 17251777
Mob: 39277790
P.O.Box: 1713
Fax: 17259888
James Koodal
Mob: 39292470

40. The Kerala Christian Ecumenical Council
P.O. Box: 20272
Bahrain.

Rev. Abraham Joseph
Off: 17252980
Mob: 39445358
Thomas Abraham
Mob: 39461824

41. Bahrain Prathibha Cultural & Charitable Association
P.O.Box: 5632
Bahrain.
P.Chandran
Mob: 39080579
Satheendran
Off: 17590015
Mob: 39865764
Fax: 17590139

42. The Pioneers
P.O. Box: 11345
Bahrain.
Robert Sebastian
Off: 17290080
Fax: 17290658
Mob: 39622577
M.P. Raghu
Off: 17214447/17214443
Mob: 39662281

43. Surya Charitable and Cultural Association
P.O. Box 22394
Bahrain
Email : surya_Bahrain@hotmail.com
P.S.S. Panicker
Mob: 39647123
Tele.&Fax:17261899
Padhmanabhan K.V.
Mob: 39876302

44. Al Furqan Religious Study Centre
P.O. Box: 3143
Bahrain.
Tele: 1780185
Moh’d Saifulla Qasim
Mob: 39857414
Ahmed Basheer
Mob: 39864372

45. Soorya Bahrain Chapter
P.O. Box: 33698
Tele: 695563
E-mail: sooryabahrain@yahoo.co.uk
Bahrain.
Mrs. Meera Ravi
Off: 17827111
Mob: 39199874
Fax: 17827222
P.O. Box: 3232
E.A. Salim
Res: 17402676
Off: 17702494
Fax: 17701175
Mob: 39458870

46. World Malayalee Council
P.O. Box: 15172
Bahrain.
Dr. P.V. Cheriyan
Chairman
Mob: 39424477
Abraham John
Mob: 39434237
Fax: 17591814


Source:
The Indian Embassy, Bahrain
http://www.indianembassy-bah.com
August 2005

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