In recent years, however, Iran's birth rate has dropped significantly. Some 300,000 Sikhs live in Britain, and there are smaller communities in North America, Australia, and Singapore...... Click the link for more information. Synonyms of Surya in ancient Indian literature include Aditya, Arka, Bhanu, Savitr, Pushan, Ravi, Martanda, Mitra, Bhaskara and Vivasvan. But while that statement expresses essential Hinduism, to leave it at that makes it sound much too simplistic. The most important result of this dialectic was the appearance of the Upanishads (philosophical commentaries on the Vedas), the philosophical and ethical sections in the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana, and the teachings of Buddhism and Jainism. The BJP draws its Hindu nationalist creed from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS; National Self-Service Organization), a group founded in 1925 in opposition to..... Click the link for more information. The temple structure, built spaciously, is well decorated and contains the Dasturji Koyaji Mirza hall and a museum. Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims, however, have long been a fact of life in India, as evidenced in the creation of Pakistan, the conflict over KashmirKashmir, region and former princely state, 85,714 sq mi (222,236 sq km), NW India, NE Pakistan, and SW China. Additionally, Hinduism is shaped by five elements: doctrine, practice, society, story, and devotion. The discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence and forced conversions. "Om" was the initial sound by which the universe was breathed into existence. Approximately 94% of the world's Hindus live in India. The majority of Hindus in India belong to the Shaivite and Vaishnavite denominations. It is the home of most of Hindus worldwide. These are Dharma (ethics/duties), Artha (prosperity/work), Kama (desires/passions), and Moksha (liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth/salvation). Also. The original Hindus spoke Kutchi language. Sri Lankan Hindus are almost exclusively Tamils, the oldest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, with some immigrants from India and Pakistan making up the rest of the Hindu population. Born in Bengal, he was sent to England and lived there for 14 years, completing his education at Cambridge. Refugee status given to Iranian Gaudiya Vaishnava immigrant. , which has striven to maintain a secular democracy. According to this projected data, there will be 1.3 billion Hindus in India by 2050. South Asians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) constitute the largest ethnic group in the country. the destruction of the native tribal democracy, coupled, among other things, with the increasing exploitation of working people, had given birth to numerous heresies and sectarian movements attacking the privileges enjoyed by Brahmans (who monopolized worship services and rituals) and the costly rites and sacrifices. [dubious – discuss] Studies project that Iran's rate of population growth will continue to slow until it stabilizes above 100 million by 2050.More than half of Iran's population is under 35 years old (2012). It is currently the third-largest religion worldwide with approximately 1.15 billion Hindus around the world. The Bali island in Indonesia has the largest number of Hindus living in Indonesia with more than 83% of its population being Hindu. Despite having a relatively large number of Hindus, Bangladesh has seen a steady decrease in the number of Hindus since 1940, where the percentage of the total population was 28%. Bhakti cults seem to have existed from the earliest times, but they gained strength in the first millennium A.D. Of the three gods Brahman represents the creator of the universe, Vishnu its protector, and Shiva its destroyer. the preserver, and ShivaShivaor Siva, one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Mahadeva. The United Kingdom has the ninth-largest Hindu population in the world of 832,000 Hindus. India is one of the few countries in the world where Hinduism is the majority religions. During the first half of the first millennium A.D., Hinduism divided into two main currents, Shivaism and Vishnuism. The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma, "the eternal way" which refers to the idea that its origins lie beyond human history, as revealed in the Hindu texts. In 2001, Belgian speleologists found a large number of inscriptions, drawings and archaeological objects on the Socotra island in Yemen[8][9] left by sailors who visited the island in the 1st century BC to 6th century AD and most of the texts found were written in the Indian Brahmi script. It is located in near Shakardara District and Mir Bacha Kot District, Kabul Province. Most Sri Lankan Hindus follow the teaching of Saiva Siddhanta while some follow Shaktism. In general, in Saudi courts, a woman's testimony is worth only half that of a man's, and a non-Muslim's (Hindu) testimony is worth less than that of a Muslim's. and indigenous religion. In the epics, he is conflated with Purusha. The Gita (as it is often called) consists of a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Prince Arjuna on the eve of the great battle of..... Click the link for more information. One of the most significant motives for such a movement was the fact that India contains almost every major religion in the world—Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, and Christianity—and was thereby forced to reconcile religious and communal contradictions and hostilities that were stirred up during British colonial rule (from the mid-18th century until 1947). First mentioned in the Veda as a minor deity, his theistic cults, known as Vaishnavism, or Vishnuism, grew steadily from the first millennium B.C., absorbing numerous different traditions and minor deities...... Click the link for more information. In other words, does the book continue long after it is destroyed? When we do so, we discover that much of what modern quantum physicists are currently saying about the way the universe essentially works, expressing their findings in numbers and patterns of thought that seem quite contrary to logic, the Hindu rishis, or holy men, said through metaphor more than three thousand years ago. They just don't appear to be. [citation needed]. [3], Refugee status given to Iranian Gaudiya Vaishnava immigrant, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hinduism_in_Iran&oldid=972920069, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 August 2020, at 13:17.