India is a vast country with various castes‚ creed‚ and colour hence a large number of festivals are celebrated in India in honour of their gods and goddesses. Since many communities exist here; the ways and method of celebrating these festivals also differ from state to state. But‚ the basic form of the belief behind their origin‚ the traditions and the excitement of celebrations is still the same for years. However‚ since India has a majority of Hindus‚ there is a preponderance of Hindu festivals
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Hinduism‚ originating in northern India‚ was the source of three other religions: Jainism‚ Buddhism and Sikhism (Hopfe and Woodward‚ 74). When Hinduism started to decline because of its strict practices‚ Buddhism became more popular among the common people since it was not as complex. Buddhism arose out of the Buddha’s interpretation of the Hindu religious system. Many think that Buddhism and Hinduism are two separate sects of the same religion—but they are not. Despite having many similarities‚
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decrease In India‚ people spoke 780 different types of languages making it one of the most linguistic country. India is a land of multiple religions. We find here followers of various faiths‚ particularly of Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism and Jainism. But‚ the thing because of which it is merely impossible for India to Unite is the thinking of the people of different religions. In Hinduism‚ the cow is regarded as a sacred animal and killing of cow is treated as anti-Hindu. On the other
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of Australia. The second group included The Religiously Unaffiliated which included atheists‚ agnostics any people who do not identify with any particular religion. And the third group included Other Religions compromised groups like Jainism‚ Shintoism‚ Taoism‚ Sikhism‚ Wicca and several others. In my opinion I feel like the findings are reliable due to the fact that the research team went over twenty five hundred censuses‚ surveys and registers. The only possible way to get this type of information
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grahasta 3. vanprastha 4. sanyas Religion is the foremost feature of Indian society. There are 8 main religions found in India namely 1.HINDU 2.MUSLIM 3.CHRISTIAN 4.SIKHS 5.BUDDHISM 6.JAINISM 7.ZORASTRIANNS 8.JEWS They all have their own Gods and rituals. Out of these major religions only Hindu‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism are native in character. These religions are further divided into sub branches. Religion in India is very deeply rooted. There are many negative impacts of religion over Indian society
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What is Sikhism? List the 5 K’s. Why are they important to Sikh? Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that split off of Hinduism. It believes in the one God. The book of Sikhism is the Guru Granth. It began and remains most prevalent religion in the Punjab region of India. It was started by Guru Nanak and combines the elements of Hinduism
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The first people was thought to have reached India from Africa in 40‚000 BC. The first civilization started out as hunters and gatherers. Around 4000 BC the Indians started farming. The Indians then moved near the Indus River Valley where they started using irrigation and started building their first cities. The Indians built two main cities that we know of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities are currently located in current Pakistan.The first Indian buildings and houses were built out of stone
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castes; (b) Both Buddhism and Jainism preached extreme austerities and had gradually lost their charm; (c) With the advent of Islam in India‚ the Sufi saints preached the idea of equality and brotherhood; (d) People were interested in religious thoughts that could satisfy their reason and emotions. The Bhakti Movement of South India was led by a series of popular saints Nayanars (Shaiviites) and Alvars (Vaishnavites)‚ who disregarded the austerities preached by Jainism and Buddhism but instead preached
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Dharmic religions have a great importance in Indian philosophy and religions‚ and Taoic religions originate from the far eastern‚ often in China or India. Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism are in the Abrahamic category. Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and Sikhism are all Dharmic religions‚ where Taoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Shintoism are Taoic religions. Many of these religions are still practiced today. Many of which are very popular‚ and many not so much. Christianity was formed when people started
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South Asia‚ which consists of the nations of Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka‚ is ethnically diverse‚ with more than 2‚000 ethnic entities with populations ranging from hundreds of millions to small tribal groups. South Asia has been invaded and settled by many ethnic groups over the centuries - including various Dravidian‚ Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups - and amalgamation of Dravidian‚ Indo-Aryan and native societies has produced composite cultures with many common
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