South Africa

One of the countries with significant
Hindu diaspora populations. This is
particularly true in Natal province,
where Hindus were first brought as
indentured agricultural laborers, but
there is a significant Hindu presence in
other parts of the country as well. South
Africa is best known as the place where
Mohandas K. Gandhi first developed
and refined his program of nonviolent
resistance, or satyagraha, which he
employed in the service of the Indian
community there. In contemporary
times the South African Hindu community, as with many Hindu diaspora communities, has loosened religious ties to
India, and is in the process of forming a
Hindu religious life in another geographical setting.