Indian-Americans, particularly Hindus and Sikhs, have become victims of Islamophobia and xenophobia in the US, the community members said as they held an awareness rally against hate crimes in front of the White House seeking President Donald Trump's intervention in the matter.

"Hindus have been recently affected and victimised in the US as a result of Islamophobia. It does affect our community as well," Vindhya Adapa aged 27, a Virginia-based corporate lawyer, told a news agency outside the White House on Sunday.

Adapa along with a few dozen Indian-Americans representing various Indian-American groups from in and around the Greater Washington Area held a peaceful demonstration in view of the recent surge in hate crimes against the community.