Christianity
(Percentage-2.3%)
It is believed by many that Christianity came to India with Saint Thomas, one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ.
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Zoroastrianism (Parsis)
Parsis are the descendants of Persians who fled to India after the Arab conquest of Iran in the eighth century.
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Hinduism
(Percentage-82.4%)
The Hindu religion, exactly like the country of its birth, is unique. It’s the only major religion of the world that can neither be traced to a specific founder nor has a holy book as the one and only scriptural authority. Where Christians have the Bible and the Muslims their Koran, Hindus can pick from a whole range: the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagwad Gita, the Mahabharata or the Ramayana.
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Islam
(Percentage-11.7%)
Muslims constitute the biggest minority in India. On the surface, Islam seems as dissimilar to Hinduism as chalk and cheese. After all, Hinduism evolved gradually as a way of life while Islam was founded by
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Sikhism
(Percentage-2.0%)
Sikhism is perhaps the second youngest world religion, about 531 years at the end of the millennium. Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born a Hindu and belonged to the Punjab where he lived between 1469-1539. Since Punjab was home to both Hindus and Muslims,
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Buddhism
(Percentage-0.8%)
Though more widespread in East Asia, Buddhism was kindled to life in India. It was here that the Buddha was born, preached his message and died; but it was only a thousand years after his death that that he was accepted as an incarnation of Vishnu, the highest god in the Hindu pantheon.
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Jainism
(Percentage-0.4%)
Around the same time as the Buddha was teaching his dharma, another religious tradition was being established in the same region. Vardhamana, better known by his title Mahavira (great hero), was an elder contemporary of the Buddha. The two had much in common.
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