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1993

¶ Chicago hosts centenary Parliament of World

Religions, in September.

1994

¶ Harvard University study identifies more than

800 Hindu temples open for worship in the

United States.

1998 to 2004

¶ Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serves as India’s

ruling party.

2001

¶ History’s largest human gathering, 70 million

people, worship at Kumbha Mela 2001, Alla-

habad, at the confluence of the Ganges and

Yamuna Rivers.

¶ Swami Amar Jyoti, 73, founder of four Jyoti ash-

rams in the United States and India, dies.

2006

¶ Hinduism continues to grow in most countries

of the old diaspora: Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad, Mau-

ritius, Malaysia, and Suriname. Europe and the

United States continue to be destinations for the

current participants in the diaspora. Descen-

dants maintain their faith and identity.

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