Hindu Monastery of Africa

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Hindu Monastery of Africa located at Odorkor in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is the first African hindu monastery and was established in 1975 by Swami Ghanananda.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10401741 |title=Ghana's unique African-Hindu temple |last=Joshi |first=Rajesh |work=BBC News |date=2010-06-29 |access-date=2017-12-17}} A branch of the Hindu Monastery of Africa has been established in Togo.{{Cite news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/hinduism-spreads-in-ghana-reaches-togo_740271.html|title=Hinduism spreads in Ghana, reaches Togo|newspaper=Zee News|date=6 November 2011|access-date=4 April 2021}}

Swami Ghananand Saraswati has set up five temples in Ghana which have been the cornerstone of the African Hindu Monastery (AHM).{{cn|date=March 2024}} The Indian community in Ghana participates in the AHM, but also has its own temples (most for the Sindhi community).[http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter8.pdf Indians in Ghana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206063957/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter8.pdf |date=2012-02-06 }} - Indian Diaspora