Hindu Afghan Cultural & Religious Association Washington Metropolitan

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About Hindu Afghan Cultural & Religious Association Washington Metropolitan

Tolerant Resilient and peace loving Afghan Hindu’s Afghanistan was originally a Hindu country, Its ancient name was ‘Upgansthan’ Hindu Afghans were born there, and have lived in Afghanistan for generations, statue of Buddha has stood in Bamiyan for more than 2,000 years and a mountain in Kabul is named AsaMai, after a Hindu goddess , Maa Durga. The ageless Asa Mai Mountain, the 2,000-year-old Buddha, and the Mathura Das Temple may still stand, but there will be no worshipers, generations of Hindu Afghans will grow up on foreign shores without knowing their land, culture, and language.The once-thriving Hindu community in Afghanistan which numbered over 50,000 has now dwindled in different parts of the world.