As in other Western countries, the presence of Hindu traditions in France raises the issue of the globalization of Hinduism through two topics: the worldwide migrations of Hindu populations and the global diffusion of religious movements of Hindu origin in the West. Indeed, these traditions take on two main forms in France. The first concerns the ritual and community practices imported by South Asian Hindus mainly in Paris and its suburbs. The second form corresponds to the philosophical, religi…
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Trouillet, Pierre-Yves, “France”, in: Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online, Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Knut A. Jacobsen, Helene Basu, Angelika Malinar, Vasudha Narayanan. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2212-5019_BEH_COM_9000000196>
First published online: 2018
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