Friday, December 12, 2014

SOME FACTS OF HINDUISM


1)    Sanathana Dharma has 2000 basic religious books and totally has more than one lakh        religious books which is biggest literature for any religion.
 

2)   Apart from India and Nepal ,Mauritious is also a Hindu majority country.The Bali islands in Indonesi is a Hindu majority region. In 1950 Fiji islands , Suriname , Guyana were also Hindu majority countries((now reduced due to large scale conversion)) .
 

3)  Even though Sanathana Dharma is 3rd largest religion in the world , the most visited pilgirm centres are in Hinduism. 
Sabarimala Temple - 70+ million per year
Thirupati Tirumala Temple - 50 million per year
Guruvayoor Krishna Temple - 40+ million per year
 

4) Countries like Pakisthan , Srilanka , Myanmar , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Afganisthan , Tibet were once Hindu countries.
 

5)  Sanathana Dharma was the largest religion in the world till Christianity overtook it in mordern era. In 1910 census Hinduism was larger religion than Islam
*1910 cencus
Hinduism-223 million followers
Islam - 221 million followers
 

6)  Buddhism which is an offshoot of Sanathana Dharma is also a World religion. Yoga which
 is a practice of Sanathana Dharma has more than 200million nonHindu followers today.
 

7)  Worlds largest Humangathering is for Hindu festival of Mahakumbhamela (( around 160+ million people)). Worlds largest religious structure is Ankorwat Temple. Worlds most richest temple is Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
 

8)  Many countries likeIndonesia,Combodia ,Malasia have Sanathana past.The reality is that Sanathana Dharma or Hinduism is the mother of all religions , cultures and civilisations. Entire world have a Sanathana history. Tommarrow such a day will again come by renaissance.
 

PROUD TO BE A HINDU

No comments:

Post a Comment

முத்துசாமி தீட்சிதர்

மிகபெரும் பக்திமான்களை, நாயன்மார் ஆழ்வார் வழிவந்த அதிதீவிர பக்தர்களை ஒருவலையில் ஞான சித்தர்களை வெறும் சங்கீத மும்மூர்த்திகள் என அடக்கிவிட்ட ...