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	Hinduism
		Hindus generally accept the doctrine of transmigration and rebirth and the complementary belief in karma, or previous acts as the factor that determines the condition into which a being, after a stay in heaven or hell, is reborn in one form or another.
		Although those Hindus who particularly worship either Vishnu or Siva generally consider one or the other as their "favourite god" (istadevata) and as the Lord (Isana) and Brahman in its personal aspect, Vishnu is often regarded as a special manifestation of the preservative aspect of the Supreme and Siva as that of the destructive function.
		Hinduism arose from the continued accretion of further elements derived from the original non-Aryan inhabitants, from outside sources, and from the geniuses of individual reformers at all periods.
	www.crystalinks.com /hindu.html (4356 words)

	Hinduism. The main religion of India
		Hinduism is a religion with various gods and goddesses.
		Hindus normally cremate their dead ones, so that the soul of the dead would go to heaven, except in a few cases of Hindu saints, who are believed to have attained 'Moksha'.
		Some claim that Hinduism is mainly an Aryan culture whereas the others claim that it is mainly a Dravidian culture.
	adaniel.tripod.com /hinduism.htm (1723 words)

	Hinduism Indian Religions,Pictures of Hinduism Picture,All about Hinduism Rituals, Traditions, Facts,India is a land of ...
		India’s major religion, Hinduism, is practiced by approximately 80% of the population i.e.
		Hinduism today has number of holy books, the most important being the four VEDAS (divine knowledge) which are the foundation of Hindu philosophy.
		She is a form of the mother goddess Devi, whose body is India and who appears as Durga, the terrible (who holds weapons in her 10 hands, rides a tiger and slays the demons of ignorance) and Kali, the fiercest of the gods (who demands sacrifices and wears a garland of skulls).
	www.4to40.com /discoverindia/religions/index.asp?article=discoverindia_religions_hinduism (1213 words)

	Hinduism Festivals,Hinduism in India,Festivals of Hinduism
		Hinduism is the oldest major religion today with a following of nearly a billion people.It had no single founder and managed to grow for over 4000 years in syncretism with other religions.
		Hinduism originated as a synthesis of the religion brought by the Aryans and the indigenous religion (c.1500 BC).Historians can trace its origin to 2200 BCE, when the Indo-European tribes invaded N. India and brought their 'Vedic' religion along,which later mingled with native Indian culture, " Indus Valley Culture".
		Hinduism is a Henotheistic religion which chiefly recognises a single diety but also recognises other gods and goddesses as a manifestation of the Supreme God.
	www.surfindia.com /festivals/hinduism.html (301 words)

	Hinduism, Islam,India, Violence -- Beliefnet.com
		Ayodhya, India, July 5 - A suicide bomber blew up a security fence Tuesday and gunmen used the breach to storm a Hindu shrine complex at the center of Hindu-Muslim strife, setting off a two-hour gun battle that left all six attackers dead, police said.
		Hindu nationalists quickly pointed a finger at Pakistan-backed Muslim militants from the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, and said the incident proved India's recent peace overtures with Islamabad were a failure.
		Hindu leaders claim the mosque was built by Mogul rulers on the site of a sacred Hindu temple.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/170/story_17029_1.html (572 words)

	Learn about India's Religions: Hinduism
		Hinduism is not a religion in the sense other religions are known, its one of the only religions which has no known founder.
		They adhered to orthodox Hindu traditions and helped the revival of the religion which had suffered tremendously in the hands of selfish Muslim rulers whose approach to religion was more a matter of political expedience rather than a spiritual exercise.
		It appeared for some time that Hinduism would give in, since it had no church like institution that could withstand this new challenge and since the Hindu rulers were busy with their own survival in the changing political scenario.
	india.suramya.com /religion_hinduism.php (2768 words)

	Hinduism
		Hinduism is based on the concept of reincarnation, in which all living beings, from plants below to gods above, are caught in a cosmic cycle of becoming and perishing.
		Orthodox Hindu society in India was divided into four major hereditary classes: (1) the Brahmin (priestly and learned class); (2) the Kshatriya (military, professional, ruling, and governing occupations); (3) the Vaishya (landowners, merchants, and business occupations); and (4) the Sudra (artisans, laborers, and peasants).
		Hinduism: Early Hinduism - Early Hinduism Hinduism is a synthesis of the religion brought into India by the Aryans (c.1500...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0772931.html (607 words)

	Hinduism is India
		First, historically, Hindus have been the least fundamentalist people in the world: Never trying to impose their creed upon others by the power of the sword, like Christianity or Islam, or even by the non-violent means of preaching, like Buddhism.
		Moreover, Hindus in India are not only an object of mistrust and contempt from many, but they are also chased from their own ancestral lands.
		Hindus are killed and raped in Bangladesh, were persecuted under the Taliban and are treated as second class in Pakistan.
	www.fisiusa.org /fisi_News_items/Godhra/godhra088.htm (918 words)

	Friends of India - Religions - Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hinduism is India's indigenous religious and cultural system, followed today by nearly one billion adherents, mostly in India, but with large populations in many other countries.
		Hindus believe that the soul reincarnates, evolving through many births until all karmas have been resolved, and Moksha, spiritual knowledge and liberation from the cycle of rebirth, is attained.
		Hindus believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahimsa, "non-injury".
	members.aol.com /acherian/religions/hindu.html (382 words)

	The War Against Hinduism
		This is what goes on in the democracy of India, and under the tolerance of the Hindus, while if one such incidence would ever occur in a Muslim country, the result would be an immediate expulsion of the missionary from that nation.
		An example of this is that in Northeast India, in countries like Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur, they have witnessed a surge of nearly 200% in their Christian population in the past 25 years due to the wily tactics of foreign missionaries.
		Hinduism is the soil into which India's roots are struck, and torn of that she will inevitably wither, as a tree torn out from its place.
	www.stephen-knapp.com /war_against_hinduism.htm (3237 words)

	Hinduism and India Activity
		Hinduism is polytheistic - based on the main trinity of Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu and also encompassing thousands of minor gods or spirits.
		Hindu society was dominated by the caste system first introduced by the Aryan invaders and then codified and expanded by the religion.
		Hindus believe in reincarnation - that an individual is reborn into numerous lives until he achieves release from worldly existence and is reabsorbed into the "world soul." This idea is closely tied to the doctrine of karma that says your actions in this life (and your past lives) will determine your position in the next.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/MWH/11032_2.html (1121 words)

	Hinduism is India's defining religion
		The recent Hindu assertiveness as witnessed in the resistance to conversions, the challenge to left attempts to re-write the history of the freedom movement, and the scuttling of shooting of the film, Water, has deeply alarmed secular intellectuals.
		It should be noted that by this time ‘Hindu India’ had already attained world renown for its accomplishments in the realms of art, literature and philosophy, and it is surely nobody’s case that its achievements under the Muslim rulers outdid its previous performance.
		Hindus, in fact, had always exhibited a remarkable disinclination to engage in dialogues with other faiths, a trait adversely commented upon by many foreigners who wished to understand or experience Hinduism : The Muslim scholar al-Biruni complained bitterly of the self-contained world-view of the Hindus in the tenth century.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0300/30.html (1054 words)

	Religions in India. Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism
		India known as the land of spirituality and philosophy, was the birthplace of some religions, which even exist today in the world.
		Hinduism is a colorful religion with a vast gallery of Gods and Goddesses.
		Hinduism is one of the ancient religions in the world.
	adaniel.tripod.com /religions.htm (384 words)

	Hinduism pages
		The Religious form of the caste system - In ancient India there developed a social system in which people were divided into separate close communities.
		Hindu reformers and Indian nationalism - In the 19th century some Hindu reformers remodeled Hinduism.
		The main purpose of these reformers was to adjust Hinduism to modern period and cause changes in the Indian society.
	adaniel.tripod.com /Associated/hinduismpages.htm (168 words)

	Hinduism
		A Hindu who neglected their duties would be reborn in a lower form, perhaps as an animal or insect.
		The goal of Hinduism is to escape the cycle of rebirth by reaching Nirvana.
		Hindus and Buddhists believe Nirvana is a state of happiness without change or pain.
	www.mrdowling.com /612-hinduism.html (287 words)

	HINDUISM: The world's third largest religion
		Hinduism differs from Christianity and other Western religions in that it does not have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organization.
		It is the dominant religion in India, Nepal, and among the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
		Hinduism is generally regarded as the world's oldest organized religion.
	www.religioustolerance.org /hinduism.htm (728 words)

	Teaching about Hinduism and India in Texas
		Mughals and Muslims to be reformers of India etc. When they had to print a picture of Indian young boy, they printed a beggar with his 'katora' in hand and no clothes.
		Hindus love to bathe in rivers where they throw the ashes of their parents and yes, they do worship elephants and monkeys.
		In spite of its pollution, "Hindus readily drink and bathe in the Ganges' water people even come to die in the river." To further prove their point, they stick in a picture of a filth and trash laden section of Ganges, not a clean part, which much of it is.
	www.indiacause.com /columns/OL_031020.htm (1331 words)

	A Tribute to Hinduism - India and Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The brisk intercourse between India and Greece is attested by the fact that a special rule was inserted in the great grammar of Panini to distinguish three feminine forms of yavana: a Greek woman was yavani, the curtain was yavanika, and the Greek script was yavanani.
		Although the religious and philosophical spirit of India emerges distinctly in the Rig Veda, the Upanishads are its most brilliant exposition, for the Vedic civilization was naturalistic and utilitarian, although it did not exclude the cosmological and religious speculation.
		Pythagoras came to India and studied his philosophy and that was the beginning of the philosophy of the Greeks.
	www.atributetohinduism.com /India_and_Greece.htm (5583 words)

	Asia primitive religions, China Ancestors, Hinduism in India, Babylon in Persia
		The way of life in China for thousand of years was around the "family": Disobedience of the ruling patriarch meant banishment from the family home; it was a crime almost greater than murder to dishonor the family name in any manner.
		Prehistoric Hinduism dates from 3000 BC and it was an animistic religion with honor to the ancestors, with magic rituals, spells, demons, divination, astral sciences...
		Hinduism came to India when the Aryans invaded India, in 1500 BC.
	religion-cults.com /Ancient/Asia/asia.htm (702 words)

	India: 'Untouchables' Deserting Hinduism
		The whole structure of the Hindu nationalist movement (Hindutva) is dominated by the upper castes, who are the main beneficiaries of the system.
		India's Dalits (the 'untouchables') are rejecting Hinduism as they look to other religions to be free from the oppressive and degrading poverty that Hinduism's caste system forces on them from birth.
		However, this is seen as a huge threat by the Hindu nationalist movement, which is dominated by the upper castes who are the beneficiaries of the caste system.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/108.htm (817 words)

	Hinduism outside India (from Hinduism) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Apart from animism, from which it may have partly derived, Hinduism is the oldest of the world's...
		After leading India's fight for independence and dominating the nation's politics for the next 50 years, the Indian National Congress (or Congress party) was defeated by Hindu nationalist opponents in 1998.
		Hinduism believes the chains of Karmic law are broken by achieving union with the Divine.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9008 (944 words)

	God in Hindu Dharma and Representation in Temples
		The Hindu Trinity, forms of Gods and Goddesses, the Avatars of Lord Vishnu, the Devatas, Planet and Animal Deities are all presented with their image representation.
		If you have ever wondered, if Hindus worship one God or many Gods, why do Hindus worship images and icons, why does the God in Hindu dharma have multiple names and multiple forms of God, then this is the where, we hope, you will find answers.
		Hinduism also has many dual male-female forms like Radha-Krishna, Sita-Rama, Uma-Mahesh, and Lakshmi -Narayan in which the female form is usually addressed first.
	www.hindunet.org /god (602 words)

	Hindu Cosmology, hinduism india, religion, culture, traditions and Vedic philosophy .
		Hindu Cosmology, hinduism india, religion, culture, traditions and Vedic philosophy.
		In Hinduism, starting from the Rig Veda up to the present age, there are unending interpretations which continue to conceptualize the cosmic conundrum in vivid dimensions.
		SO we see in Hindu dharma, the concept of cosmology grew from the ‘aught and naught’ and evolved the concept of Purusha and Prakriti and then manifested the idea of Golden egg or Hiranyagarba from the standpoint of aquatic cosmogony.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/hinducosmology.htm (1715 words)

	A Tribute to Hinduism - India and Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the earliest imagery in stone at Sanchi, of the first century BC in India, the lotus is associated with Sri, the goddess of fertility, who is later invoked as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and abundance - being worshipped by Buddhists, Jains, and Hindus alike.
		It is remarkable that the Hindus have christened the source of the Nile Amara, which is the name of a country at the north-east corner of the Victoria N'yanza.
		Hindu ships brought the Indian commodities to the Arabian ports, or to the Land of Punt; and from there these were transported to Luxor, Karnak and Memphis.
	www.atributetohinduism.com /India_and_Egypt.htm (8739 words)

	Hinduism (from India) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Hinduism evolved from Vedism, the religion of the early Aryan invaders.
		This 1,000-year era was noted for the division of Hinduism into sects and schools of philosophy, the writing of devotional hymns to the gods, and the influence of Islam in India.
		The Javanese Muslims are much less strict in their observance of Islam, and their culture reflects the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism, which originated in India and...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=202402&ct=eb (948 words)

	Re: Hinduism Outside India - the Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yes, Hinduism is on the decline in many places, not the least of which is India.
		Most Hindus that I've encountered are very unwilling to reject any idea, no matter how ludicrous it sounds, simply because they seem to have some desire to cling to some grand notion of tolerance.
		If nothing else, Hinduism has a rich tradition of logical debate, and either side of those debates are generally preferable to the uninformed viewpoint.
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu/1995_Jun_2/msg00053.html (2129 words)

	Tribals in Chhatisgarh reconverted to Hinduism:- - India News - Webindia123.com
		The villagers reconverted after a BJP leader washed their feet and gave them coconuts as a religious token.
		Dilip Singh Judeo, a BJP leader, said: "It's a revolution in the Hindu society, especially as a large number of educated people have come out and are showing resentment against such conversions.
		Hindu extremists have repeatedly accused Christian missionaries of engineering conversions by incentives of jobs and education to the poor.
	www.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=75699&n_date=20050404&cat=India (302 words)

	AIDS & Hinduism in India--Religion, Disease, Healing, India -- Beliefnet.com
		In India, where culture and religion are central, the stigma of disease adds an extra burden to families and individuals with HIV, according to Nalini Tarakeshwar.
		In my pilot research in India, I found that most infected individuals are religious, and their religious beliefs provide them the motivation to persevere in the face of numerous calamities.
		Hence, in India, I believe issues of religion and culture have to be integrated within the patient-care system that HIV-infected or affected populations are likely to access.
	beliefnet.com /story/172/story_17255_1.html (802 words)

	On Hinduism and India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		My family, including my father fully supported me,’’ she told PTI after performing today the last of the 13th day rituals that are performed in the immediate aftermath of the death of a person in a Hindu family.
		Rekha, a costume designer, said a number of priests had told her that it was inappropriate for a woman to perform these rituals and they offered to perform the rites on her behalf if she gave the ‘‘darba’’ grass to them.
		In contrast, the entire social security cost is privatised in India through the traditional family mechanism.
	o3.indiatimes.com /dinakaran (5086 words)

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