<span style='color:purple'>Hindu religion has a remarkable global footprint today, and is practiced across all the continents of the world.
One of the major contributors to this global footprint is migration of Hindus from India to different parts of the world in last 250 years. Today if Hinduism has a presence all over, the credit is largely to the valor of the Hindus who migrated from India under tremendous hardships to go and settle down far away in unknown lands. Like the fragrance of a flower is spread in the garden, these Hindu migrants have carried their faith and culture from India to different parts of the world. They spread the presence of Hinduism from Guyana and Surinam in South America to Fiji, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia Pacific and from South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles in Africa to UK, Holland, France, Purtugal, Spain in Europe.
These torchbearers of Hinduism, on one hand, must have been highly agile and flexible in adapting to the outer norms and local customs, while on the other hand, very steadfast in preserving and nourishing the faith of their forefathers, as well as relentless in mandatorily passing it on to their children. Preserving Hinduism must have obviously not been free from grave challenges. They must have withstood enormous external challenge in preserving their faith - varying in degrees from persecution to ridicule, racism or rejection. Today, these Hindu communities live in different socio-politico-cultural statuses within their respective local societies - some can certainly said to be flourishing while others probably struggling to survive.
As a salute to those ambassadors of Hinduism, I am initiating this thread. I think it is very important for us to collect, record, analyze, and report the history and status of these Hindu societies outside of India. I am expecting to post and invite fellow forum members to use this thread for reporting the migration history, their struggles, life of their leaders, their present condition, and any other related information.
Bodhi</span>
One of the major contributors to this global footprint is migration of Hindus from India to different parts of the world in last 250 years. Today if Hinduism has a presence all over, the credit is largely to the valor of the Hindus who migrated from India under tremendous hardships to go and settle down far away in unknown lands. Like the fragrance of a flower is spread in the garden, these Hindu migrants have carried their faith and culture from India to different parts of the world. They spread the presence of Hinduism from Guyana and Surinam in South America to Fiji, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia Pacific and from South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles in Africa to UK, Holland, France, Purtugal, Spain in Europe.
These torchbearers of Hinduism, on one hand, must have been highly agile and flexible in adapting to the outer norms and local customs, while on the other hand, very steadfast in preserving and nourishing the faith of their forefathers, as well as relentless in mandatorily passing it on to their children. Preserving Hinduism must have obviously not been free from grave challenges. They must have withstood enormous external challenge in preserving their faith - varying in degrees from persecution to ridicule, racism or rejection. Today, these Hindu communities live in different socio-politico-cultural statuses within their respective local societies - some can certainly said to be flourishing while others probably struggling to survive.
As a salute to those ambassadors of Hinduism, I am initiating this thread. I think it is very important for us to collect, record, analyze, and report the history and status of these Hindu societies outside of India. I am expecting to post and invite fellow forum members to use this thread for reporting the migration history, their struggles, life of their leaders, their present condition, and any other related information.
Bodhi</span>