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American Hindus have the highest rates of educational attainment and highest household income among all religious communities, and the lowest divorce rates. [54] In 2008, according to Pew Research Center, 80% of American adults who were raised as Hindus continued to adhere to Hinduism, which is the highest retention rate for any religion in ...
Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15% of the world's population). [1] Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%). [2] Most Hindus live in Asian countries, and the majority of Nepal and India are Hindus, and a significant number in Mauritius.
The Vedanta Society built its first temple, called the Old Temple, in North America in San Francisco in 1905. [ Note 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This temple has evolved into a bona fide Hindu temple. [ Note 1 ] Through the 1930s and 1940s, Vedanta Societies were also established in Boston , Los Angeles , Portland , Providence , Chicago , St. Louis ...
The Hindu Temple Society of North America is a nonprofit organization that manages the Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam temple in Flushing, Queens, in New York City. [1] It is known as the Ganesha Temple after its main deity, Ganesha , [ 1 ] and is the second-oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants.
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Hindu Temple of Minnesota is a Hindu Temple located in Maple Grove serving the over 40,000 Hindus in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area. It has a floor space of over 43,000 square feet, making it one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States. [1] It has the capacity to accommodate up to 5,000 people at one time.
Being American, like 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was, does not protect us from the stigma of being Palestinian or Arab, Muslim and from the “Middle East.” Rather, these latter identities keep ...
American Hindus (3 C, ... Pages in category "Hinduism in the United States" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Hinduism Today; I.