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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg/250px-New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg/375px-New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg/500px-New_Mayapur_-_30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2247" data-file-height="1685" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">An <a href="/wiki/Iskcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Iskcon">ISKCON</a> temple in <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%A7ay-le-M%C3%A2le" title="Luçay-le-Mâle">Luçay-le-Mâle</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2ccb9">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>121,312 (2020)</b><br />0.2% of the total Population</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2ccb9">Religions</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a> (majority)<br /><a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a> and others (minority)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2ccb9">Scriptures</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/%C4%80gama_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Āgama (Hinduism)">Agamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2ccb9">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Sacred</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Tamil" title="Old Tamil">Old Tamil</a><br /> <p><b>National</b><br /><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a><br /> <b>Regional</b><br /><a href="/wiki/French_Guianese_Creole" title="French Guianese Creole">French Guianese Creole</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Antillean_Creole" class="mw-redirect" title="French Antillean Creole">French Antillean Creole</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union_Creole" title="Réunion Creole">Réunion Creole</a><br /> </p> <b>Others</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritian_Creole" title="Mauritian Creole">Mauritian Creole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, etc. (among diaspora)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg/220px-P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg/330px-P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg/440px-P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_87_-_Columbarium_-_Octobre_2015_-_31.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2462" data-file-height="2462" /></a><figcaption>Hindu burial in the columbarium of <a href="/wiki/Pere-Lachaise_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Pere-Lachaise Cemetery">Pere-Lachaise Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></b> is a minority <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_France" title="Religion in France">religion in France</a> that is followed by more than 121,312 people in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, which is nearly 0.2% of the nation's population. Most of the <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> are mainly from the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_diaspora" title="Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora">Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_France" title="Indians in France">Indian diaspora</a>, though there are many <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritians_in_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauritians in France">Mauritius</a> and other nations. There are also Hindus who are <a href="/wiki/French_nationality_law" title="French nationality law">citizens of France</a> </p><p>France has the fifth largest Hindu population in Europe after the <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hinduism in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Italy" title="Hinduism in Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_Netherlands" title="Hinduism in the Netherlands">The Netherlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Germany" title="Hinduism in Germany">Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emergence_of_Hindus_in_France">Emergence of Hindus in France</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Emergence of Hindus in France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial presence of Hindus in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> dates to the early 1700s and primarily consisted of sailors and servants, who eventually converted to <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. The Hindu population remained small until the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> in 1869, which reduced the travel time between <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. Thereafter, as Indian dancers, musicians, and <a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">yogis</a> began to migrate to France, the Hindu population slowly grew. From 1900 to 1920, a temporary <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> was constructed. Businessmen, students, and intellectuals began to migrate and settle in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>. France also became a destination for refugees fighting for <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Indian Independence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hindu immigration to France was catalyzed by Indian Independence in 1947. In 1971, Hindu <a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengalis</a> began migrating to France. By 1975, nearly 60,000 Indians, 40% of which were Hindu, had migrated from <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a> to France. <a href="/wiki/Mauritians" title="Mauritians">Mauritians</a> also began migrating to France for work and education after gaining independence. There are now approximately 60,000 Mauritians in France, primarily made up of Hindus and Muslims, and most of them settling in Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of Hindus in France are now <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamils</a>, whose population surged during the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">civil war in Sri Lanka</a> as refugees sought asylum in the West. Most refugees aimed for refuge in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>, but as Great Britain tightened their immigration policy, they eventually settled in France. For the same reason, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujaratis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistanis" title="Pakistanis">Pakistanis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshis" title="Bangladeshis">Bangladeshis</a>, many of whom practiced Hinduism, settled in France.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence_of_Hinduism_in_France">Influence of Hinduism in France</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Influence of Hinduism in France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022, Durga Puja was celebrated in 12 pavilions across France with various events including worship, offering of Anjali, distribution of <a href="/wiki/Prasada" title="Prasada">prasad</a>, and cultural programs.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> is celebrated in Reunion island, also <a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a> is celebrated in Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_personalities">Notable personalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>French people who were influenced by Hinduism include : <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_David-N%C3%A9el" title="Alexandra David-Néel">Alexandra David-Néel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Gu%C3%A9non" title="René Guénon">René Guénon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirra_Richard" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirra Richard">Mirra Richard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romain_Rolland" title="Romain Rolland">Romain Rolland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satprem" title="Satprem">Satprem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Gautier" title="François Gautier">François Gautier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hinduism_in_French_overseas_territories">Hinduism in French overseas territories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hinduism in French overseas territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism_in_Martinique">Hinduism in Martinique</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hinduism in Martinique"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Martinique" title="Hinduism in Martinique">Hinduism in Martinique</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> is followed in the Martinique by the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Martiniquais" title="Indo-Martiniquais">Indo-Martiniquais</a>. Though <a href="/wiki/Indo-Martiniquais" title="Indo-Martiniquais">Indo-Martiniquais</a> comprises approximately 10% of the population of the island of <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>, inly 15% of <a href="/wiki/Indo-Martiniquais" title="Indo-Martiniquais">Indo-Martiniquais</a> are <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism_in_French_Guiana">Hinduism in French Guiana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hinduism in French Guiana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_French_Guiana" title="Hinduism in French Guiana">Hinduism in French Guiana</a></div> <p>As of 2010, Hinduism is followed by 1.6% of the population of <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is practiced mostly by the descendants of the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Guyanese" title="Indo-Guyanese">Indo-Guyanese</a>, who in 2014 numbered around 360,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Routledge_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Routledge-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism_in_Réunion"><span id="Hinduism_in_R.C3.A9union"></span>Hinduism in Réunion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hinduism in Réunion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Reunion" class="mw-redirect" title="Hinduism in Reunion">Hinduism in Reunion</a></div> <p>The French government gathers no statistics on religious affiliation. Because of this, it is impossible to know accurately how many Hindus there are in Réunion. Estimates of practicing Hindus vary from 6.7%<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 10.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-religiousintelligence_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religiousintelligence-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the large towns have a functioning <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An interesting feature, likely peculiar to Réunion, is the simultaneous observance by some ethnic Indians of both Catholic and Hindu faiths, a practice that has earned them the sobriquet of being "socially Catholic and privately Hindu." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism_in_Guadeloupe">Hinduism in Guadeloupe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hinduism in Guadeloupe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Guadeloupe" title="Hinduism in Guadeloupe">Hinduism in Guadeloupe</a></div> <p>Hinduism is practised by Some <a href="/wiki/Indo-Guadeloupeans" title="Indo-Guadeloupeans">Indo-Guadeloupeans</a> in <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>. According to statistics, Hinduism is followed by 0.5% of the Guadelopeans.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_French_Hindus">Notable French Hindus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable French Hindus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main category: <a href="/wiki/Category:French_Hindus" title="Category:French Hindus">French Hindus</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vikash_Dhorasoo" title="Vikash Dhorasoo">Vikash Dhorasoo</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/French_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="French football team">French Football</a> <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2006 FIFA World Cup squads">World Cup squad in 2006</a>. He is an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Mauritians_of_Indian_origin" title="Mauritians of Indian origin">Mauritian Indian</a> from the town of <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Danielou" class="mw-redirect" title="Alain Danielou">Alain Danielou</a>, a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist and noted Western convert to <a href="/wiki/Shaivite_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaivite Hinduism">Shaivite Hinduism</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Desjardins" title="Arnaud Desjardins">Arnaud Desjardins</a>, French journalist, film maker, main disciple of <a href="/wiki/Swami_Prajnanpad" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Prajnanpad">Swami Prajnanpad</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Gautier" title="François Gautier">François Gautier</a>, French journalist, settled in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and Western convert to <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bapi_Das_Baul" title="Bapi Das Baul">Bapi Das Baul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali music">Bengali folk musician</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> and settled in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bollozzou_Bassavalingam" title="Bollozzou Bassavalingam">Bollozzou Bassavalingam</a>, Poet and writer, born in <a href="/wiki/Yanam" title="Yanam">Yanam</a> and settled in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayasri_Burman" title="Jayasri Burman">Jayasri Burman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Burman" title="Maya Burman">Maya Burman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakti_Burman" title="Sakti Burman">Sakti Burman</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_Hindu_Temples">Famous Hindu Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Famous Hindu Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_in_France" title="List of Hindu temples in France">List of Hindu temples in France</a></div> <ul><li>Sri Sathya Narayana Padhuga Temple, 6-8 Avenue Anatole France, 94600 Choisy-le-Roi, France<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Temple Ganesh, 17 Rue Pajol, 75018 Paris, France</li> <li>Radha Krishna Temple, 230 Avenue de la Division Leclerc, 95200 Sarcelles, France<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_France&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_by_country" title="Hinduism by country">Hinduism by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_France" title="Religion in 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