Religions in India

religions in India
Questions
 1.What are the 6 most represented religions
in India?

 2.What do you know about these religions

and what do you know general about
religions in India?
Religions graphic
Index of contents
 Overview
 Religions:

-Jainism
-Buddhism
-Sikhism
-Christianity
-Islam
-Hinduism
 conflicts
 discussion
reliübersicht
Jainism
• 600 BEC
• 4.4 million adherents → 4.2 in India
• 24 Tirthankara
• “Kalpa Sutra“
• Shravanabelagola
• Philosophy:
• 1. mentally
• 2. not mentally
• Rebirth
Buddhism
 Religion + tradition
 India = Origin
 Siddharta Gautama ( 565- 368 BEC)
 230-500 millions adherents
 Dalai Lama
 Eightfold path  Nirvana
 0,8% /7,955,207mil of buddhists in India
 Europe = 1%
Japan = 77%
Burma = 87%
Kambodscha = 90% Germany = <<1%
Mongolia = 90% India = 0,8%
Thailand = 95% Europe = 1%
Japan = 77%
Burma = 87%
Cambodia = 90%
Mongolia = 90%
Thailand = 95%
Sikhism
• 15. Century
• Monotheistic
• 23 million adherents → 80% in India
• Rebirth
• Harmandir Sahib
Creed

“Mool Mantar:
•Just one god.
•Truth is the name.
•The creator without fear.
•Without Hate.
•Immortal.
•About birth and death.
•Even enlightened.
•Unbosomed by the true
Guru.“
Christianity
 Monotheistic religion
 Jesus of Nazareth  Son of God
- 4 BEC in Bethlehem
- Crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
 Began as Jewish sect
 2.26 billion
 Bible (Old/ New Testament)
 2,3%/ 24,080,016mil India
Islam
 Monotheistic religion  Allah
 Prophet Mohammed (7th century)
 Qu‘ran
 Mecca
 Five pillars
 Schari‘a
- St. Petersburg decleration
Islam in Inda
 712 first contacts with India
 13,4%/ 138,188,240mil in India
- 2nd largest religion in India
 World‘s third largest muslim population
 Conflicts
 Islam population percentage in various
states:
Red - 50-10
Orange - 25-50%
Yellow - 20-25%
Green - 15-20%
Blue - 10-15%
Indigo - 5-10%
Gray - < 5%
Hinduism
 900 million adherents
 India = Origin
 “More than one religion“
 No creed
 No institution as authority
 Henotheism?
 Teaching (Dharma)
 Tirumala Tirupati
 Different images of god
conflicts
• Islam- hinduism conflict
- Partition into 2 countries  Kashmir conflict
- Three wars: 1947, 1965 and 1999
- Al-Qaeda Involvement
- Since 1989 more
than 40.000 deaths

• Hinduism- Sikh conflict

- Sikhs want their state  Khalistan
- 1984 death indian premierminister
- 3000 death sikhs
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_I
ndia
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/india/r
eligion.htm
http://www.webindia123.com/religion/ind
ex.htm
http://www.judypat.com/india/temple.htm
http://countrystudies.us/india/38.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hi
nduism/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hinduis
m.htm
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam
http://adaniel.tripod.com/Islam.htm
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_India
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
-http://www.indi-guide.de/religion/sikh.htm
-http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhismus
-http://www.sikh-religion.de/
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/
-http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainismus
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
+ informations from the religion lessons (last year)