Karnataka 3. Sikkim The percentage of Jain population to the total population is maximum in Maharastra 1. Elsewhere in the country their proportion in negligible. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Newsletters Donate My Account. Research Topics. Note: This is an update to a post published June 6, Share this link:. Samirah Majumdar is a research associate focusing on religion research at Pew Research Center.
Sign up for our weekly newsletter Fresh data delivered Saturday mornings. By , India to have world's largest populations of Hindus and Muslims. Many religions heavily concentrated in one or two countries. During parts of the Muslim Period, which lasted from about to , Islamic rulers prevented Hindus from worshipping their deities, and some temples were destroyed. Indian statesman and activist Mahatma Gandhi, Between and , the British controlled India.
At first, the new rulers allowed Hindus to practice their religion without interference. But later, Christian missionaries sought to convert and westernize the people. Many reformers emerged during the British Period. The partition of India occurred in , and Gandhi was assassinated in British India was split into what are now the independent nations of India and Pakistan , and Hinduism became the major religion of India.
Starting in the s, many Hindus migrated to North America and Britain, spreading their faith and philosophies to the western world. An early 18th century depiction of Devi revered by Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
Hindus worship many gods and goddesses in addition to Brahman, who is believed to be the supreme God force present in all things. Followers of Hinduism can visit the Mandir any time they please.
Hindus can also worship at home, and many have a special shrine dedicated to certain gods and goddesses. The giving of offerings is an important part of Hindu worship. Others believe that all the deities are a manifestation of one. The caste system is a social hierarchy in India that divides Hindus based on their karma and dharma. Many scholars believe the system dates back more than 3, years. Many subcategories also exist within each caste. Today, the caste system still exists in India but is loosely followed.
Many of the old customs are overlooked, but some traditions, such as only marrying within a specific caste, are still embraced. India, unsurprisingly, has the largest Hindu population in the world at nearly 1. The majority of Hindus in India belong to the Shaivite and Vaishnavite denominations. Nepal has the second-highest Hindu population with Hinduism played a large role in Nepal's history, which was the only Hindu state in the world until Hinduism in Nepal differs from that in India in three ways: Hinduism and Buddhism are not separated from each other in local populations, there are no influences of Islam, and there are no influences of Bhakti traditions.
Bangladesh has the third-largest population of Hindus at almost Hinduism is the second-largest religious affiliation, comprising about 8. With a Hindu population of more than 4. A few years after gaining independence from the Dutch, the Indonesian Ministry of Religion came under Islamists' control, who defined religion as monotheistic.
As a result, Indonesia denied rights of citizenship to individuals who did not belong to a monotheistic religion; therefore, the Balinese Hindus adopted their form of Hinduism to be monotheistic.
Balinese Hinduism is a distinct type of Hindu worship that incorporates local animism , ancestor worship Pitru Paksha , and reverence for Buddhist saints Bodhisattva. Pakistan has nearly 4 million Hindus, comprising 1. Hinduism is Pakistan's second-largest religion behind Islam. Hinduism, as well as Buddhism and Sikhism, has been on the decline in Pakistan for centuries.
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