page_title: Religion in Germany
section_title: Hinduism
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in Germany / Hinduism
caption_attribution_description: Sri Kamadchi Ampal temple, Hamm/Uentrop, Germany Impressions from the temple festival (slide show) http://zwo5.de/temple/
context_page_description: Christianity is the largest religion in Germany, and was introduced to the area of modern Germany with the conversion of the first Germanic tribes in the 4th century. The area became fully Christianized by the time of Charlemagne in the 8th and 9th centuries. After the reformation started by Martin Luther during the 16th century, a significant part of the population had a schism with the Catholic Church and became Protestant, mainly Lutherans and Calvinists.
  Nowadays around 55% of the population identifies as Christian, however only 10% of German people say they believe in God as absolutely certain, and 50% say they believe in God as less certain, with about half of those being Catholic, most of them Roman Catholics, stronger in the southern and the western part of the country, half belonging to the Evangelical Church of Germany predominant in the northern regions, and the rest to several small Christian denominations such as the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Jehovah's Witnesses. Between 5 and 6% are Muslims, while much smaller religions include Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism and Yazidis.
context_section_description: There are approximately 100,000 Hindus living in Germany. Most of them are Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka (around 42,000 to 45,000); from India are around 35,000 to 40,000; of German or European origin are around 7,500 and around 5,000 Hindus are originally from Afghanistan. There are also Hindus from Nepal in Germany however this number is very low.
  In addition, there are Hindus in Germany who are followers of New religious movements such as Hare Krishna movement, Bhakti yoga,Transcendental Meditation.But the total number of these followers in Germany is comparatively low.
caption: Sri Kamadchi Ampal Hindu temple in the city of Hamm.
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