#Hindu religion in India

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The Glimpse of Hindu religion in the world and India

Hindu religion in India!! Since time immemorial, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka have been the major spot for Hindu culture. This religion has a multitude of gods and goddesses. They worship all forms of existence where they believe in the existence of god such as plants, animals, sky, soil, water, human being, and so on.

Many people at the same time criticize the Hindu way of life, be it people from within and outside. They believe it is superstition and irrelevancy. However, those same people also have done different things in accepting the basic belief, principles, thoughts, etc of Hinduism. There are various Indian communists who never miss a chance to point out that 'Hindu' or 'Hinduism' is not ancient but rather given by Persian invaders. It might or might not be true. But, nobody can deny that the culture of Hinduism is followed for many years in India and also in other countries surrounding India. You can witness a glimpse of the Hindu religion in the world.

In addition, the Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists are indeed part of the Hindu way of life although they follow their own religions. They worship the Hindu gods and goddesses. There is no doubt that “Hinduism” stands for the much older native culture and traditions of ancient India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, etc.

The best part is Hinduism has never known to have been promoted aggressively or purposively rather they trust every religion. The ancient people of Hinduism have permitted Buddhism to take root in India. Also, Hinduism has promoted spirituality and suggested self-control in becoming overly materialistic. Ayurveda and Yoga are also part of Hinduism and many people from across the world are practicing yoga and Ayurveda. There is no other religion that has a blend of spiritualism and knowledge associated with daily life applications. There are also various traditional practices that have a scientific background which is a great thing to know.

Moreover, Hinduism is one of the great religions in the world. When we talk about the Hindu way of life, this is something extraordinary. However, you should understand the ancient Indian way of life thoroughly. To know about the news of the Hindu religion in India, you can visit our website.

[scltbvrns]

right winged indians are so (i don't want to utter that word) when it comes to media literacy but all of them literally grew up in godi media so i cannot blame them either. like no one is saying INDI alliance is good. it's just the lesser evil out of the two.

[divinum-pacis]

A woman dances as she participates in a procession to mark Falgun Mahotsav ahead of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)

[hindulivesmatter]

Your bio says proud Indian but then why only hindu lives matter?? There are so many other religions living in India as well. You seriously should be in school right now instead of being toxic on tumblr.

Reading comprehension fails people yet again. Sad.

I am a proud Indian, yes. My bio says ॐ and proud. That being said, this blog is exclusively to discuss Hinduphobia and violence against Hindus. Does that make you uncomfortable?

Why do you have such a big issue if I take a space and make it solely to discuss issues affecting Hindus? Why are you coming to MY blog and getting upset that I'm only talking about Hindus? If it's affecting you that much, start your own blog, by all means. Record the violence against all communities in India, you have my full support. Go on, do it.

Also, I'm so offended that you think I can't do both, being in school and toxic on Tumblr. I'm a very capable woman, I can multitask <3

You keep crying, I'll keep being toxic on Tumblr. Mwah.

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Every August, the township of Edison, New Jersey—where one in five residents is of Indian origin—holds a parade to celebrate India’s Independence Day. In 2022, a long line of floats rolled through the streets, decked out in images of Hindu deities and colorful advertisements for local businesses. People cheered from the sidelines or joined the cavalcade, dancing to pulsing Bollywood music. In the middle of the procession came another kind of vehicle: A wheel loader, which looks like a small bulldozer, rumbled along the route bearing an image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aloft in its bucket. For South Asian Muslims, the meaning of the addition was hard to miss. A few months earlier, during the month of Ramadan, Indian government officials had sent bulldozers into Delhi’s Muslim neighborhoods, where they damaged a mosque and leveled homes and storefronts. The Washington Post called the bulldozer “a polarizing symbol of state power under Narendra Modi,” whose ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is increasingly enacting a program of Hindu supremacy and Muslim subjugation. In the weeks after the parade, one Muslim resident of Edison, who is of Indian origin, told The New York Times that he understood the bulldozer much as Jews would a swastika or Black Americans would a Klansman’s hood. Its inclusion underscored the parade’s other nods to the ideology known as Hindutva, which seeks to transform India into an ethnonationalist Hindu state. The event’s grand marshal was the BJP’s national spokesperson, Sambit Patra, who flew in from India. Other invitees were affiliated with the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the international arm of the Hindu nationalist paramilitary force Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of which Modi is a longtime member.

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On December 6th, 1992, a mob of 150,000 Hindus, many of whom were affiliated with the paramilitary group the RSS, gathered at the Babri Masjid, a centuries-old mosque that is one of the most contested sacred sites in the world. Over the preceding century, far-right Hindus had claimed that the mosque, located in the North Indian city of Ayodhya, was built not only upon the site where the Hindu deity Ram was born but atop the foundations of a demolished Hindu temple. The RSS and its affiliates had been campaigning to, in the words of a BJP minister, correct the “historical mistake” of the mosque’s existence, a task the mob completed that December afternoon. “They climbed on top of the domes and tombs,” one witness told NPR. “They were carrying hammers and these three-pronged spears from Hindu scripture. They started hacking at the mosque. By night, it was destroyed.” The demolition sparked riots that lasted months and killed an estimated 2,000 people across the country.

The destruction of the Babri Masjid was arguably Hindu nationalism’s greatest triumph to date. Since its establishment in 1925, the RSS—whose founders sought what one of them called a “military regeneration of the Hindus,” inspired by Mussolini’s Black Shirts and Nazi “race pride”—had been a marginal presence in India: Its members held no elected office, and it was temporarily designated a terrorist organization after one of its affiliates shot and killed Mohandas Gandhi in 1948. But the leveling of the Babri Masjid activated a virulently ethnonationalist base and paved the way for three decades of Hindutva ascendance. In 1998, the BJP formed a government for the first time; in 2014, it returned to power, winning a staggering 282 out of 543 seats in parliament and propelling Modi into India’s highest office. Since then, journalist Samanth Subramanian notes, all of the country’s governmental and civil society institutions “have been pressured to fall in line” with a Hindutva agenda—a phenomenon on full display in 2019, when the Supreme Court of India awarded the land where the Babri Masjid once stood to a government run by the very Hindu nationalists who illegally destroyed it. (Modi has since laid a foundation stone for a new Ram temple in Ayodhya, an event that a prominent RSS activist celebrated with a billboard in Times Square.) The Ayodhya verdict came in the same year that Modi stripped constitutional protections from residents of the Muslim-majority region of Kashmir and passed a law that creates a fast track to citizenship for non-Muslim immigrants, laying the groundwork for a religious test for Indian nationality. Under Modi, “the Hinduization of India is almost complete,” as journalist Yasmeen Serhan has written in The Atlantic.

To achieve its goals, the RSS has worked via a dense network of organizations that call themselves the “Sangh Parivar” (“joint family”) of Hindu nationalism. The BJP, which holds more seats in the Indian parliament than every other party combined, is the Sangh’s electoral face. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is the movement’s cultural wing, responsible for “Hinduizing” Indian society at the grassroots level. The Bajrang Dal is the project’s militant arm, which enforces Hindu supremacy through violence. Dozens of other organizations contribute money and platforms to the Sangh. The sheer number of groups affords the Sangh what human rights activist Pranay Somayajula has referred to as a “tactical politics of plausible deniability,” in which the many degrees of separation between the governing elements and their vigilante partners shields the former from backlash. This explains how, until 2018, the CIA could describe the VHP and Bajrang Dal as “militant religious organizations”—a designation that applies to non-electoral groups exerting political pressure—even as successive US governments have maintained a warm relationship with their parliamentary counterpart, the BJP.

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The most extreme figures in the Hindu nationalist and Zionist movements were especially frank about the nature of their partnership: “Whether you call them Palestinians, Afghans, or Pakistanis, the root of the problem for Hindus and Jews is Islam,” Bajrang Dal affiliate Rohit Vyasmaan told The New York Times of his friendly relationship with Mike Guzofsky, a member of a violent militant group connected to the infamous Jewish supremacist Meir Kahane’s Kach Party.

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In 2003, Gary Ackerman—a Jewish former congressman who was awarded India’s third-highest civilian honor for helping to found the Congressional Caucus on India—told a gathering of AJC and AIPAC representatives and their Indian counterparts that “Israel [is] surrounded by 120 million Muslims,” while “India has 120 million [within].” Tom Lantos, another Jewish member of the caucus, likewise enjoined the two communities to collaborate: “We are drawn together by mindless, vicious, fanatic, Islamic terrorism.”

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[nidhi-writes]

Dasavatharam

I recently found out some sects of Hinduism include Buddha as the 9th Avatar in Vishnu's Dasavatharam.

I am from the southern part specifically Tamilnadu, here even in our temple the inscriptions and statues for Dasavatharam always included Balaramar as one of the Vishnu Avatars, not Buddha. Like in the below order. I have used Tamil pronunciation for all.

Matsyam

Kurmam

Varaham

Narasimham

Vamanam

Parashuramar

Ramar

Balaramar

Krishnar

Kalki

This made me so curious about how different Hinduism practices are around India or the world but still hold a string of similarities among them

Which one you have heard growing up? Put it in the comments.

[janaknandini-singh999]

Leftists vs Hindutva with Ram Mandir vs Babri masjid treating it like which came first "chicken or egg"?

[maekar76]

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Los Angeles California

[blackknight-100]

Petition for shows to please make Shikhandi the trans man he is and not just a woman wearing armour.

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Hindu Religion Concerning Political, Socio-Economic, and Geo-Political Contexts

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, religious and universal order or way of life adhered to by its followers. As a religion, it is the 3rd largest religion in the world with over 1.2-1.35 billion followers or 15-16% of the world's population known as Hindus. Hindus believe in the teachings of reincarnation (the continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation) and karma (the universal law of cause and effect). One of the key beliefs of Hinduism is the belief in the 'atman' or soul. This philosophy states that living things have souls and that they are all part of the supreme soul.

Hindu Religion in India

When it comes to Hindu Religion in India, it is the most commonly practiced religion in India and can be defined in several ways. It is difficult to pinpoint what constitutes Hinduism, as some believe that Hinduism is a general expression that encompasses other faiths and traditions. However, in all aspects, Hinduism is very important in Indian civilization. Hinduism is still one of the oldest major religions in the world. Its roots can be traced back to the ancient Vedic civilization of India about 3,000 years ago. Religion exists mainly in India. Hinduism comes from multiple traditions, not from a single teacher. The Hindu belief system consists of many schools with different rituals and activities.

Hindu religion in the world

When it comes to the Hindu religion in the world, there are approximately 1 billion Hindus in the world, which is 15% of the world's population. Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) is polytheistic or pagan. For example, unlike Christianity, there is no single God or all Fathers. Rather, it is a complex of various forms of tradition and religion that have developed and overlapped over time. The main Hindu currents are Vishnuism, Shaktism, and Shivaism.

Hindu Dharma in Bali

Bali, Indonesia, plays a special role in the spread of Hinduism. Overall, Indonesia's population is predominantly Muslim, making up about 90% of the population. Only in Bali is the situation reversed, with 90% of the population following the Hindu Dharma. The first Hindus lived here in the 8th century.

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[neembu]

seeing people disrespect books and backpacks as an indian is so jarring. like bitch you dont do that picking up and bringing it to your forehead as a silent apology thing????

[teenageascetic]

“When Svetaketu was twelve years old, he was sent to a teacher with whom he studied until he was twenty-four. After learning all the Vedas, he returned home full of conceit in the belief that he was consummately well-educated, and very censorious.

His father said to him, "Svetaketu, my child, you are so full of your learning and so censorious, have you asked for that knowledge by which we hear the unhearable, by which we perceive what cannot be perceived and know what cannot be known?" "What is that knowledge, sir?" asked Svetaketu.

His father replied, "As by knowing one lump of clay all that is made of clay is known - so, my child, is that knowledge, knowing which we know all."

"But surely these venerable teachers of mine are ignorant of this knowledge; for if they possessed it they would have imparted it to me. Do you, sir, therefore, give me that knowledge?"

"So be it," said the father... And he said, "Bring me a fruit of the nyagrodha tree." "Here it is, sir." "Break it." "It is broken, sir." "What do you see there?" "Some seeds, sir, exceedingly small." "Break one of these." "It is broken, sir." "What do you see there?" "Nothing at all."

The father said, "My son, that subtle essence which you do not perceive there - in that very essence stands the being of the huge nyagrodha tree. In that which is the subtle essence of all that exists has its self. That is the True, that is the Self, and thou Svetaketu art That."

"Pray, sir", said the son, "tell me more." "Be it so, my child", the father replied; and he said, "Place this salt in water, and come to me tomorrow morning."

The son did as he was told.

Next morning the father said, "Bring me the salt you put in the water."

The son looked for it, but could not find it, for the salt, of course, had dissolved.

Tha father said, "Taste some of the water from the surface of the vessel. How is it?" "Salty." "Taste some from the middle. How is it?" "Salty." "Taste some from the bottom. How is it?" "Salty."

The father said, "Throw the water away and then come back to me again."

The son did so; but the salt was not lost, for the salt existed forever.

Then the father said, "Here likewise in this body of yours, my son, you do not perceive the True; but there, in fact, it is. In that which is the subtle essence, all that exists has its self. That is the True, that is the Self, and thou, Svetaketu, art That."

-Chandogya Upanishad.

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2014: On Janmashtami, children across India dress up as baby Krishna - darkening their complexion, adding a peacock feather to the crown and putting a flute to their lips. Here, a child participates in a fancy dress competition at a temple in the northern city of Chandigrah.

BBC News & Reuters

[sudamaniparva]

idk what hindutva bigot needs to hear this but literally nothing and no one will ever be as good at vilifying hinduism than hindus themselves.

saying this as a hindu who regularly goes to temple.

[asocial-skye]

no but Hindutva is so fucking stupid, because it’s a bunch of old men going around imposing a religion whose main thing is that it’s not a religion; it’s a way of life. a way of life where the gods don’t give a shit if you aren’t a believer and non-believers aren’t going to burn for their sins. a religion that preaches tolerance, the importance of doing good deeds even through you are trapped in a cycle of life, death and suffering. seriously, to break from the cycle, you just have to lead a good life doing good deeds and to help others. nowhere in hindu scriptures does it say that you will not attain moksha if you aren't a hindu; just do the good deeds, and you will become one with God. hinduism is like ‘let live and do good’ it says nowhere that you are a bad person if you aren’t a Hindu in doctrine; that’s what abrahamic religions do. I’m not even sure BJP understand what Hinduism is. fucking idiots.