15/10/2015
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 ,Mauritius is also a Hindu majority
country The Bali islands in Indonesia 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 pilgrim 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 modern 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 non Hindu followers today.
7)Worlds largest Human gathering
is for Hindu festival of Mahakumbhamela (( around 160+ million
people)). Worlds largest religious structure is Angkorwat Temple. Worlds most richest temple is Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
8)Many countries like Indonesia,Combodia ,Malaysia 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. Tomorrow such a day will again come by renaissance.
