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One of the first two practicing Hindus of Indian descent to be elected to Congress. [6] [7] Shri Thanedar: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2023: Incumbent 2 years, 2 days Previously identified himself as a Protestant in Pew Research Center's survey of the 118th Congress, changed affiliation to Hindu in the 119th Congress. [1] Suhas Subramanyam ...
Bhadase Sagan Maraj (1920–1971), Indo-Trinidadian Hindu leader and politician, founded the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha; Bhagat Dhanna (born 1415) Bhagatji Maharaj (20 March 1829 – 7 November 1897) Bhagawan Nityananda [6] (November or December 1897 – 8 August 1961) Bhakti Charu Swami (17 September 1945 – 4 July 2020)
American Hindus have the highest rates of educational attainment and highest household income among all religious communities, and the lowest divorce rates. [26] 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 ...
Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952) was an Indian-American Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) / Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India – the only one he created to disseminate his teachings.
S. J. D. Salinger; Sanjay Govil; Krishna Saraswat; Swami Satchidananda Saraswati; Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran; Rajiv Satyal; Reshma Saujani; Graham Schweig; Stephanie ...
3.4 Hindu new movements. 4 Islam. ... This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime since January ...
Before Prabhupada, Shankara’s system of thought, known as Advaita Vedanta, had generally provided the framework for Western understandings of Hinduism, [177] and the “steady procession of Hindu swamis” who came to America generally aligned themselves with Shankara’s monistic views and the idea of “the ultimate absorption of the self ...
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.