Hinduism in France
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The '''Hindu community in [[France]]''' consists of some long-time residents and many recent immigrants. Although [[Hinduism]] does not constitute a large proportion of the population it appears to be growing rapidly; the current Hindu population of France is 121,312, 0.2% of the nation's population, up from an estimated 50,000 in 1993 [http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_104.html].
It is the third largest in Europe, after those of the [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] and the [[Hinduism in the Netherlands|Netherlands]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_by_country]
===Notable French Hindus===
[[Image:Ganesh Paris 2004 DSC08471.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Celebrations of [[Ganesh]] by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] community in [[Paris]], [[France]]]]
* [[Vikash Dhorasoo]], a member of the French Football World Cup squad in 2006. He is an ethnic Mauritian East Indian from the town of [[Le Havre]].
* [[Alain Danielou]], a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist and noted Western convert to [[Shaivite Hinduism]].
French people who were Hindus or were influenced by Hinduism include [[Victor Cousin]], [[Alexandra David-Néel]], [[Paul Gaugin]], [[René Guénon]], [[Jules Michelet]], [[Mirra Richard]], [[Romain Rolland]], [[Satprem]], [[Paul Verlaine]], and [[Voltaire]].
===Hinduism in French overseas territories===
*[[Hinduism in Guadeloupe]]
*[[Hinduism in Martinique]]
*[[Hinduism in French Guiana]]
*[[Hinduism in Reunion]]
==References==
*"How Hinduism Fares in Europe " in Hinduism Today International (Aug., 1993, Vol. 15, No. 8)
==See also==
*[[Hinduism by country]]
*[[Demographics of France]]
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