Mauritius

Island nation in the Indian Ocean, 1,200
miles east of the African coast. Mauritius
has a significant Hindu diaspora population. As in many other cases, Indians
were first brought to Mauritius as indentured agricultural laborers, in this case
as workers on the sugar plantations.
Currently, they comprise nearly 75 percent of the island’s population, running
the nation’s political system. The Hindus
on Mauritius have transferred India’s
sacred geography to their new land: A
southern lake named Grand Bassin is
claimed to have an underground connection to the River Ganges, and the
lake has become a significant pilgrimage site.