Religion in Seychelles Coral Strand Hotel
The culture of the Seychelles population is colourful and vibrant: getting to know it will be a pleasant addition to your island paradise holidays.
Most of the Seychelles people– about 94% are Christians with 82% of them Catholics. The first human settlers were the French who brought with themselves the Catholic faith. But there are also Anglican and Protestant churches and the places of worship of other
denominations. All of them live in harmony alongside.
After Christianity, with 2.4% of the total population, Hinduism is the most practiced religion in Seychelles. The increase in popularity of the religion even made the Government declare Taippoosam Kavadi
Festival a national holiday for Hindus in 1998.
Islam was brought into Seychelles by Muslim sea merchants even before the discovery of tropical island nation.
However, due to lack of permanent inhabitants, the toll of French took over, and today the amount of Muslims in the island nation has dropped to roughly 900 people.
Contacts
Beau Vallon beach, Mahe island, Seychelles +248 4 291000 reservation@coralstrand.sc coralstrand.sc