Religion in india .

1. WELCOME

2. DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
RELIGIONS IN INDIA
Presented by
• Tanmay Thube. - 41
• Sohan Salunke. -
• Shweta Mhatre. - 21
• Saylee Shinde. - 37
• Gagan Kapse. -. 15

3. IN TRODUCTION :-
• Religions is defined as one of the system of beliefs that is based on belief
in agod or gods.
• Religions in India is characterised by adiversity of religious beliefs and
practices.
• Religions is acollection of cultural systems, beliefsystems, andworldview
that relate humanity to spirituality and sometimes, to moral values.

4. RELIGIONS IN INDIA
Source : census of India 2011

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6. 1.HINDUISM
Majority of Indians follow HINDUISM.
BHAGAVAD-GITA is the holy book of the Hindus.
Hinduism advocates the for main values – Dharma,
Artha ,Karma ,and Moksha .

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8. DHARMA
DHARMA refers to duties which individuals
must fulfill.Dharma also include virtues.A
person with virtues willperform the duty
with discipline and dedication. Virtue leads to
reflection over right andwrong.

9. ARTHA
Artha refees to adesire for power
over nature and man and alsoadesire
for wealth.

10. KARMA
KARMA means the desire forpleasure
through five senses of sight hearing,
touch, taste and smell under the
control of mind.

11. MOKSHA
MOKSHA refers to astage of liberation. Hindu
culture prescribes two stages in attaining Moksha
a) Pravrtti Marg :consists of Satisfication of bodily
needs and enjoyment of desirable objects of the
world.
b ) Nivrtti Marg :which consists of developing
detachment from materialistic things of world.

12. 2.ISLAM
This religion does not believe in idol worship. It
considers prophet Mohammed as the greatest
prophet and the Koran as the most sacred book.
Islam prescribesfive primary duties of adevout
Muslim.

13. • Belief inAllah
• Prayers fivetime a day
• Giving of alms
• Fasting for amonth every year ( during
Ramzan)
• Pilgrimage to Mecca atleast once in
lifetime.

14. 3.CHRISTIANITY
The Christianity gained roots in India especially
after the Portuguese invasion in Goa in the
early 16th century and latest by the British in
the 17th century.The holy book of Christians is
the Bible.

15. Christian religion is based on the 3 commandments of the
Lord.
• You shall have no other God before me.
• You shall not take the name of your god in vain.
• Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep itholy.

16. 4.SIKHISM
Its founder Guru Nanak and the later nine
Gurus who followed him preached against the
hypocrisy in religion.Guru gobind singh
Founded the KHALSA .The holy book of the
Sikhs is Guru Granth Sahib .The religious
symbol ifSikhism are five“Ks” :

17. • Kesh (Hair)
• Kangha (Comb)
• Kara (Bracelet)
• Kirpan (Sword)
• Kachha (Shorts)

18. 5.BUDDHISM
Buddhism follows the teachings of Lord Gautam
Buddha .About 85% Buddhistin India are located in
Maharashtra .Hinayana and Mahayana are two
major schools of thought in Buddhism .The main
aim of Buddhism is ta attain Nirvana. Nirvana
means to achieve enlightenment by overcoming the
rounds of rebirth and experiencingbliss.

19. Buddhism
The Four Noble Truths:
1. Human lifeis fullof suffering and sorrow.
2. Suffering and sorrow are caused by people’s greedy desire for
power
, pleasure and possessions.
3. Suffering and sorrow will end when people overcome their
greedy = Nirvana = enlightenment.
4. People can overcome their greed and uncontrolled desire by
adopting the Middle Way of Eightfold Path.

20. The Buddha’s
Noble Eightfold Path
1. Right view
2. Right intention
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right concentration

21. 6.JAINISM
The followers of Jainismare mostly located in
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. They follow the
preaching of Lord mahavir is 24th tirthankar of Jainism.
The texts contain the teachings of lords mahavir are
calledAgamas.

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23. • Ahinsa [non-violence]
• Satya [truth]
• Asteya [non stealing]
• Brahmacharya [chastity of celibacy]
• Aparigraha [Renunciation of detachment]

24. 7.JUDAISM
• It is religion, philosophy and way of life of
Jewish people.
• Judaism is based on Laws and
commandments that God reveals to Moses
on Mount Sinai.
• The holiest book of Jews is Torah (Set of
five books of Moses).

25. 8.ZOROASTRIANISM
• The zoroastrians or parsees follow
the teachings of Religious Teacher
Zoroaster.
• The parsees are a very small minority
and mostly located in Mumbai.
• The holiest book of zoroastrians Is
Avesta aslo called as Zend – Avesta .

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27. UNITY AND DIVERSITY
• India is aunion of allthe diverse religious in the world.
• A peaceful relationship is maintained among diverse religion in
society.
• All the religious beliefs preach the unity of India.
• The unity and diversity holds special significance for our
country.

28. Source : Wikipedia (languages spoken in
India)

29. LANGUAGES
• India is considered for be home of about 398 languages out of
which 11 have been reported extinct.
• Hindi is widely taught both as aprimary language and language
of instruction and as asecond term in most stages.
• Declare both Hindi and English as official languages and each
state is given freedom to choose officiallanguage of the state.

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31. RITUALS OF INDIA
The most common rituals in allhindu household are pooja,
meditation, silent prayers, yoga,recitation of scripture from
bhagvad-gita ot bhajans, reading religions books, participating in
sastang, performing charitable work, visiting temples, and chanting
the of name of there beloved god.