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Founder developed out of Brahminism (1500? BCE)
Place of Origin India
Sacred Text Vedas, Upanishads
Place of Worship Mandir
Holy Place River Ganges
Major Festivals Divali
Significant Modern Hindus Gandhi, Vivekananda (World Parliament of Faiths 1893), Prabupada (founder of Hare Krishna movement), Radhakrishnan (President of India)
Numbers of Hindus in England and Wales 552,000 (1.1%) - 2001 Census

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