MADRID, SPAIN, July 8, 2015 (El Faro Digital): On June 20 and 21 the third convocation of Hindus in Spain took place in Madrid. The meeting was held at the Jhulelal Mandir, a Hindu temple headed by Lal Chandnani, which gave its facilities for free for the event. The meeting was organized by the Hindu priest Juan Carlos Ramchandani (Krishna Kripa Dasa), son of an Indian father and Spanish mother. This year the meeting was attended by presidents and executives of several Hindu religious associations. The working group was composed of eminent persons belonging to various currents within Hinduism: Swami Satyananda, Javier Ruiz Calderon, Oscar Montero, Alvaro Enterria, Hari Das. Also attending were representatives of various associations from Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Pamplona and Madrid itself.
At the meeting the group discussed and approved the statutes of the Federacion Hindu de Espana (Hindu Federation of Spain), which will represent this group of legally registered religious associations to the Spanish Ministry of Justice. Juan Carlos Ramchandani, of Ceuta, was unanimously elected as the first president of the Hindu Federation, a position he will hold for four years. Ramchandani will also be the official spokesperson of the Federation. Swami Satyananda, one of the most important voices of Hinduism in our country, was elected vice president.