(RNS) — With more than 20 South Asian cultural and religious organizations on the campus of University of Illinois, where 25% of the student population is Asian, Connecticut native Rishabh Bhandari felt spoilt for choice as an eager freshman.  Yet despite the widespread popularity of large-scale Diwali and Holi events, Bhandari said he felt there was a lack of focus on Hindu practices. “There was no, like, place where I could just go and either pray or have some place where we can do puja (rituals) or anything for those big holidays. So it kind of just became like you go to parties, rather than any religious aspect,” said the aerospace engineering major. This sentiment — that Hindu holidays and teachings were being watered down in college life — led to the 2018 formation of the on-campus Hindu student center Vivekananda House on Iowa State’s campus. Since then, seven more U.S. college campuses have opened a Vivekananda House — University of Texas in Austin, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Virginia Tech, Purdue, Texas …