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Bengaluru, India
July 2019


“Bengaluru, India,” Ensign, July 2019

The Church Is Here

Bengaluru, India

photograph of Church building in Belgaluru, India

Here are a few facts about the Church in India:

1

Temple to be built in Bengaluru

13,570

Church members

43

Wards and branches (the Convent Road Ward meetinghouse is shown in the center of the photo)

2

Missions

5

Indian languages in which part or all of the Book of Mormon is available

22

Major languages spoken in India

1851: Several people are baptized and a small branch begins in Kolkata.

1982: The Book of Mormon is published in Hindi, as well as selected passages in Telugu and Tamil.

1993: The India Bangalore Mission is established, with 1,150 members in 13 branches.

2007: The India New Delhi Mission is created.

2012: The first stake is organized, in Hyderabad, by President Dallin H. Oaks.