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Hinduism is the world's third-largest religion, with approximately 1.20 billion+ followers, or 15%+ of the global population, known as Hindus. It is the most widely professed faith in India, Nepal, Mauritius, and in Bali, Indonesia.
- History of Hinduism
Contents. hide. (Top) Roots of Hinduism. Periodisation....
- Sanātana Dharma
Sanātana Dharma (Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning "eternal...
- Indian Religions
Indian religions, sometimes also termed Dharmic religions or...
- Portal:Hinduism/What's Hinduism
Hinduism (/ ˈ h ɪ n d u ɪ z əm /) is an Indian religion or...
- Portal:Hinduism
Hinduism (/ ˈ h ɪ n d u ˌ ɪ z əm /) is an Indian religion or...
- God in Hinduism
Hinduism comprises a wide range of beliefs about God and...
- History of Hinduism
- History of Hinduism
- Partition of India
- Demographics
- Law and Politics
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The Vedic culture developed in India in 1500 BCE and 500 BCE. After this period, the Vedic religion merged with local traditions and the renouncer traditions, resulting in the emergence of Hinduism, which has had a profound impact on India's history, culture and philosophy. The name India itself is derived from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local a...
The 1947 Partition of India gave rise to bloody rioting and indiscriminate inter-communal killing of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs across the Indian subcontinent, specially in Punjab region. As a result, an estimated 7.2 million Hindus and Sikhs moved to India and 7.5 million Muslims moved to Pakistanpermanently, leading to demographic change of both ...
The Hindu population has increased more than three times from 303,675,084 in 1951 to 966,257,353 in 2011, but the Hindu percentage share of total population has declined from 84.1% in 1951 to 79.8% in 2011. When India achieved independence in 1947, Hindus formed 84% of the total population and pre-Partition British Indiahad 73% of Hindus.
Although the Constitution of India has declared the nation as a secular state with no state religion, it has been argued several times that the Indian state privileges Hinduism as state sponsored religion constitutionally, legislatively and culturally. The original copy of the Indian constitution has an illustration of Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in ...
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Hinduism (/ ˈ h ɪ n d u ɪ z əm /) is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order or way of life. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.5 billion followers, or 15% of the global population, known as Hindus.
