Hinduism is a minority religion constituting about 0.15% of the population of Austria.

However, the Sahaja Yoga and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are categorised as associations, not as confessional communities.

[2] In 1980 the Bengali Bimal Kundu founded the first Hindu religious society in Austria, for Hindus immigrating from the Indian subcontinent.

He now runs a small temple, located at a room in the Afro-Asian Institute.

Since 1998, the "Hindu Religious Society in Austria" is (hroe) as "state-registered confessional community" official representative for all Hindus.