It is appropriate to understand the Mauritian Hindu state bourgeoisie’s diasporic politics based on Hindu connections to India as a strategy to consolidate their power. This strategy stands for the creation of a postcolonial nation in which such communities built on religious origins and transnational networks, Mauritian Hindus being by far the largest and most influential among them, play a central role. In it, political acumen and a drive to empowerment are obvious. Nevertheless, one cannot reduce the expansion of the pilgrimage site along with the ritual and social practices connected to it to such instrumental considerations, even though this often happens in Mauritius. Grand Bassin/Ganga Talao’s aesthetic qualities as a place and the felt transoceanic connection the sacred place brings about are more than a means to the end of Hindu political dominance in Mauritius with the kind of nation-building that favors such dominance. The persuasive power of this place operates on another level, as bodily palpable evidence that is largely immune against discursive critique and deconstruction.