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Indian community in California: California is most populous state of United States of America and it is third largest state geographically with an area of 160,000 square miles after Alaska and Texas. The State of California has eight of the top 50 American cities according to population. State has some very famous cities like Los Angeles which is the country’s second-largest city and having second most populous city of USA after New York City with a population of 3,849,378 people, San Diego is at 8^th in area and 6^th largest city of country. Other popular cities of state are San Jose, San Francisco, California, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, and Oakland, San Diego. The State of California is among one of the richest and most diverse parts of the world. It has many famous historical and natural places to visit which are center of attraction for the tourists. Some of the major attractions in San Francisco city of California state are Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Cable Cars, Alcatraz, Alamo Square, China town, Golden Gate Park, Lombard Street, Coit Tower, Pier 39, Union Square, Palace of Fine Arts, Trans America Pyramid, City Hall, Japan town, Mission Dolores. Other cities also have many famous historical and natural beautiful places for visitors from across the world like Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Yosemite and so many other whole cities even to name like Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, San Diego which are wonders in themselves with their beauty.

Jobs in California: Maximum numbers of American Indians are living in California because of its vast job opportunities. Indians are forming their own community in California State and most of Indians are living in big cities of California like in San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland, Los Angeles and in other big cities. They are making use of the best possible opportunities available for them and doing progress. They are from various religions and regions of India and make a small India in California conserving Indian heritage and culture. They are also expanding their culture there in various ways. There are various organizations for Indian professionals as well as for the communities in California. Indo American Chamber of Commerce of North California which aims to promote the desires of Indian business people and professionals. They also try to make interest of Indian community in the commercial, financial and civic fields. To promote the Jain culture there is Jain Center of Northern California (JCNC) which is a non-profit organization formed in 1973 with only 20 families as its member to help the people of Jain religion and organize various activities to spread their culture. Now more than 600 families are having its membership in the San Francisco Bay Area. They also organize various lectures by scholars, pundits and monks and hold religious classes to teach people about their religion.

Associations in California: San Fernando Valley Gujarati Association is an organization for the people who belong to Indian state Gujrat and are settled in California. It is also a non-profit organization and aim at preserving their religious, cultural and social values. They organize various camps and education courses to expand Gujarati culture in Southern California. To strengthen the Kannada community there is organization Kannada Koota of Northern California (KKNC) which was started in 1973. They flourish their culture by providing religious, cultural education to people around them. They also organize various activities for people of their culture. For the people of Karnataka state of India who are residing in California there is organization Karnataka Cultural Association which helps the people of their region and community to flourish. They organize various cultural programs to expand their religion and preserve their heritage. Malayalee Association of Northern California (MANCA) is an organization for the people who are originally from Kerala and living in various regions of California. It is non-profit organization and located in San Francisco Bay area.  It has thousands of members of Kerala family and spreading their culture across the region by organizing cultural functions and educational classes.  There is separate organization for the Hindu people speaking Malayalee with name Organization of Hindu Malayalees. It aims at expansion of Hinduism and makes their generation learn about their heritage. To preserve Telugu people there is Telugu Association of Southern California which tries to promote their culture to next generation as well as to people living around them.

Religions in California: Indians living in California are from different religions and practicing their religion. There are various places for different people of different religions. There are many temples for Hindu religion people of various God at various places of California like Concorde Shiva Murugan Temple, Devi Mandir, Hindu Temple Cultural Center, Hindu Temple Society of Southern California, Hindu Temple Society of Southern California, Hindu Temple of Inland Empire, Hindu Temple of Kern County, Hindu Temple South-Bay, ISKCON Hare Krsna Temple, ISKCON Rukmini Dwarakadish Temple, ISKCON (Hare Krishna) Temple, Shirdi Saibaba temple, Sanathana Viswa Dharma Temple of Cosmic Religion, Swami Narayana Temple, Shree Mandir, Shree Ram Mandir of Modesto, SAVC Sri RadhaKrishna Temple, Sri Gayatri Chetna Center, Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Cultural Center, Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Temple, Gayatri Mandir, Hindu Community and Cultural Center, ISKCON Temple of Silicon Valley, Shiva Vishnu Temple, ISKCON Temple, Jain Temple of California, Kali Mandir, Radha Govinda Temple, Shirdi Sai Center in Bay Area, Swami Narayan Temple, Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Vedic Temple and many other centers are also there for Hindu people can pray. There are many churches for Christian religion people in California at various places like Bible Mission Church, Asian Indian Church, Christ Church of India, Indian Community Church of the Valley, India Christian Fellowship, Indian Community Church and many other churches and centers are there where Christian people can read about their religion. For Islam religion people there are various mosques and religious center to study about their religion some of them are Islamic Center of Southern California, Islamic Center of Vallejo, Masjid Annur Islamic Center (MAIC), MCA of San Francisco Bay Area and Masjid Ar-Rashid in Compton.

Job opportunities: There are wide scopes for Indians in various fields where Indian can work and earn well. Indians in California are working in various forums like Information technology, professors in universities, in tourism, in restaurants. There are many Indians in California doing their business and expanding it throughout the world. Most of Indian communities are living in urban areas of California and most of them own their own house and have high standard of living.