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India
is a country where you will find people of various religion.
However the majority are Hindus, Sikhs,
Christians, Muslims etc.
Following are a little details about some of them:
Hinduism

Hinduism
is the name given to a family of religions and cultures that
began and still flourish in India.
Like other Eastern religions, it doesn't fit comfortably
into the same box as Western religions like Christianity.
Hindus do not separate religion from other aspects of life.
For Hindus in India, Hinduism is an inextricable part of
their existence, a complete approach to life that involves
social class, earning a living, family, politics, diet,
etc., in addition to the things Westerners view as
religious.
The word "Hindu" comes from the name of the river
Indus, which flows 1800 miles from Tibet through Kashmir and
Pakistan to the sea. Originally the name referred to people
living in a particular region of the world, regardless of
their faith; so in the 18th century someone could quite
sensibly be described as a "Hindu Muslim".
There are 750 million Hindus in the world, and most of them
live in India. In the UK there are 400,000 Hindus, 160,000
of whom are active in their faith.
Hinduism includes a very wide range of beliefs and
practices, so there aren't many things that are common to
all Hindu groups. However they all have a "family
resemblance" to each other.
Hinduism has no founder, no creed, and no single source of
authority.
The things most often common to Hindus are a belief in a
single Divinity or supreme God that is present in
everything, belief in other gods who are aspects of that
supreme God, belief that the soul repeatedly goes through a
cycle of being born into a body, dying, and rebirth, belief
in Karma, a force that determines the quality of each life,
depending on how well one behaved in a past life.
Most Hindus worship at home and have a shrine there. Hindu
temples are the focus of religious life, but there is not a
strong tradition of corporate congregational worship.
Hinduism has not had a significant tradition of seeking to
convert people, although some modern Hindu sects now do seek
converts.
Sikhism

Sikhism
is the youngest of the world's four great
monotheistic religions. It was founded in the 15th
Century by Guru Nanak.
The
view that Sikhism is a variety of Hinduism is completely wrong, and
gives great offence to Sikhs.
There
are 18-20 million Sikhs in the world, and 80% of them live in the
Punjab state in Northwest India, where the faith began.
There
are 500,000 Sikhs in Britain, 80% of whom are active in their faith.
39% of UK Sikhs attend a religious service at a Gurdwara (temple)
once a week.
Other
countries with large Sikh communities are Canada (225,000) and the
USA (100,000).
The
word "Sikh" is Punjabi for "disciple" and Sikhs
are disciples of the Gurus.
Sikh
men are particularly easy to identify because they all have a full
beard, and wear their hair uncut and contained in a turban.
The
Sikh place of worship is called a Gurdwara or temple.
Sikhism
does not have priests, but most gurdwaras will have a Granthi. A
Granthi is a learned Sikh who is skilled in reading the scriptures,
however, a Granthi has no special religious status.
The
principle Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth, often called the Guru
Granth Sahib.
Sikhs
believe that the words of these scriptures are the present day
embodiment of the Sikh Guru and they treat the book with the respect
and devotion that they would have given to a human Guru.
Sikhism
does not actively look for converts, but it is thoroughly welcoming
to those who do want to convert.
Christianity

Christianity
is a religion practised by nearly 2,000 million people
worldwide.
It originated in Palestine in the 1st century AD and is
founded on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
[4BC-29AD], a Palestinian Jew.
There are 6 million active Christians in the UK, but over 35
million in Britain would regard themselves as nominally
Christian.
There are many different variations or
"denominations". The major division is between
Orthodox and Western Christianity (which itself is divided
into Roman Catholicism and Protestantism).
From the beginning, Christianity has sought to convert
people, however, many Christians today feel there should
still be respect for what is good and true in other cultures
and religions.
Islam
Islam
is the world's second most followed religion.
It began in its present form 1400 years ago in Arabia, but swiftly
become a world faith, and now has around 1,200 million adherents.
There are between 1.2 and 2.6 million Muslims in the UK, about
600,000 of whom are active in the faith. Those who are not active
still regard being a Muslim as an important part of their identity.
"Islam" is an Arabic word which means surrendering oneself
to the will of God, and achieving peace and security by doing so.
A person surrenders to the will of Allah by living and thinking in
the way Allah has instructed.
Islam is more than a system of belief. The faith provides a social
and legal system and governs things like family life, law and order,
ethics, dress, and cleanliness, as well as religious ritual and
observance.
The countries with the largest Islamic populations are in Asia
rather than the Middle-East.
These are Indonesia (170 million), Pakistan (136 million),
Bangladesh (105 million), and India (103 million).
However, Islam's two holiest places, the cities of Mecca and Medina,
are both in Saudi Arabia.
Buddhism

Buddhism
is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition
which stretches back over 2,500 years.
Over the last 30 years Buddhism has seen growth in the West
as its non-dogmatic nature, rationality, possibility of a
spiritual guide, and opportunity for personal transformation
have all made it attractive to post-modern society.
It has about 500 million adherents around the world-45,000
active Buddhists in UK
'Buddha' means 'one who has woken up'. Most people live
asleep, never knowing or seeing life as it really is. As a
consequence they suffer. A buddha is someone who awakens to
the knowledge of the world as it truly is and so finds
release from suffering.
A Buddha teaches out of sympathy and compassion for the
suffering of beings and for the benefit and welfare of all
beings.
Buddhism does not actively look for converts, but it is
thoroughly welcoming to those who do want to convert.
Buddhism can coexist with other faiths.
Judaism

Judaism
is the oldest of the world's four great monotheistic
religions. It's also the smallest, with only about 12
million followers around the world.
The Holocaust of the 1930s and and 40s transformed Jewish
demographics-if the Holocaust had not occurred there would
now be between 25 and 35 million Jews in the world, and far
more of them would live in Europe.
Most Jewish people in the world live in Israel or the USA.
The
largest European Jewish community is in France.
There are 285,000 Jews living in the UK. Only 85,000 of them
are active in their faith, but virtually all the others
still regard being Jewish as a vital part of their identity.
Judaism does not seek converts. Those who convert to Judaism
must undertake the observance of Torah (Jewish Law),
including, if they are men, circumcision.
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