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Hindu Temple at Ghana in Africa

This Hindu Temple located at Accra in Ghana is not one founded by Hindus from India but by indigenous Africans. Ghana 's first indigenous African Hindu Temple was established by Swami Ghanananda Saraswati. Swami Ghanananda was born in a village in Ghana . It was his quest to find answers to mysteries of nature and life that brought him closer to Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). Today, the Hindu Temple at Ghana serves more than fifty families who practice Hinduism along with native Ghanaian faith and Christianity. As Hinduism is not a missionary religion there is no conversion and people of all faith come to the temple to find peace and solace. Attracted by the teachings of Hindu religion, now many people have not adopted it as their main faith. Today, there are more than 2000 indigenous African Hindus in Ghana . Apart from this there are Hindus from India , especially Sindhis. There is also a Sindhi Temple in Ghana which was established in 1940s. BBC report