American Hindu organizations win recognition of October as Hindu Heritage Month from legislatures and governors in states across the United States, marking the community's arrival as a settled part of American religious life.
Tagged: Hindu Hindu Reform Movements
The Event
- Date
- 2021 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- United States; today United States
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Hindu Reform Movements
Connections
- Parliament of Religions, Chicago; echoed
Primary Sources
- State proclamations of Hindu Heritage Month, 2021
Secondary Sources
- King, Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the Mystic East (Routledge, 1999)
- Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge, 1996)
Provenance: HIST-0342; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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