page_title: Hinduism in France
section_title: Notable French Hindus
hierarchical_section_title: Hinduism in France / Notable French Hindus
caption_attribution_description: English: Vikash Dhorasoo arriving at the Parc des Princes on 6 May 2006 for a match against AC Ajaccio
context_page_description: The Hindu community in France consists of some long-time residents and many recent immigrants. Although Hinduism does not constitute a large proportion of the population it appears to be growing rapidly; the current Hindu population of France is 121,312 or 0.2% of the nation's population, up from an estimated 50,000 in 1993.
  It is the fourth largest in Europe, after those of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Italy.
context_section_description: Vikash Dhorasoo, a member of the French Football World Cup squad in 2006. He is an ethnic Mauritian Indian from the town of Le Havre.
  Alain Danielou, a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist and noted Western convert to Shaivite Hinduism.
  Arnaud Desjardins, French journalist, film maker, main disciple of Swami Prajnanpad.
caption: Vikash Dhorasoo
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