some have claimed that as of 2008, the american hindu population was around 2.2 million, but this estimation is based on the flawed assumption that percentage of hindus among indian americans is the same as in india. regardless, hindus are the majority of indian americans. many organizations such as iskcon, swaminarayan sampraday, baps swaminarayan sanstha, chinmaya mission, and swadhyay pariwar are well-established in the u.s. hindu americans have formed the hindu american foundation which represents american hindus and aim to educate people about hinduism. swami vivekananda brought hinduism to the west at the 1893 parliament of the world's religions. the vedanta society has been important in subsequent parliaments. today, many hindu temples, most of them built by indian americans, have emerged in different cities and towns in the united states. more than 18 million americans are now practicing some form of yoga. kriya yoga was introduced to america by paramahansa yogananda. a.c bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada initiated the popular iskcon, also known as the hare krishna movement, while preaching bhakti yoga.