Hinduism, while superficially polytheistic, regards the various deities as manifestations of a higher force.
He began wooing voters on the basis of right-wing Hindutva (political Hinduism) and anti-Muslim rhetoric.
It would be a pity if Hinduism's greatest festival were remembered mainly for that.
Of the non-Christian religions, the biggest is Buddhism (2.5% of the population), Islam (2.2%) and Hinduism (1.3%).
Half a dozen Indian states have introduced laws that make it hard for people to leave Hinduism.
Existing religions Christianity in Syria and Egypt, Zoroastrianism in Persian-ruled areas, Hinduism and Buddhism farther east were not persecuted.
At the same time, Hinduism and Islam, religions tied to recent immigrants, according to Pew, have made small but significant gains.
Malaysia is broadly 60% Muslim and 40% other faiths (which include Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and others).
In Hinduism each wick of the candle represents one of the five elements: wind, earth, fire, sky and water.
In Judaism it's called a chuppah, and in Hinduism it's termed a mandap.
Hinduism is witnessing the biggest growth, with its numbers almost doubling between 2006 and 2011, from 148, 130 to 275, 534 followers.
Only in the 16th century, when the Portuguese were already in Indonesian waters, did Islam replace Hinduism as the main religion in Java.
So the author has his father, a Polish Jew turned British Anglican, posthumously converted to Hinduism, and burned by the local Indian community.
He calls the town of Matta, a major Taliban stronghold in Swat, the "Benares of terrorism, " using the old name of Hinduism's holiest city, Varanasi.
"Karma was used to justify untouchability in classical Hinduism, " says Sharma.
The curriculum for the course must include theories from multiple religions, which may include, but is not limited to, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Scientology.
In Hindu mythology (Hinduism is an ancient religion practiced in the country of India), there is an insightful legend involving Lord Shiva and his son, Karthikeya.
Macomb wove in the traditions of candles and fire that are meaningful in both Catholicism and Hinduism to create a sublime moment in the Menon's wedding.
One of the leading figures in world Hinduism, His Holiness Swami Radhanath, who is at the festival, said he hoped it would promote religious understanding and tolerance.
There, the head of an Orthodox Christian Seminary said secularism could not take on militant Hinduism because the value Indians put on religion could not be ignored.
On the other hand, Mr Singh is a Sikh, and Sikhs occupy a special position in the subcontinent, because their religion draws on both Islam and Hinduism.
They pose no real danger to Hindus, much less Hinduism.
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Political scientists ascribed the victory of the Congress party partly to its wresting of votes from the BJP's core supporters: upper-caste and middle-class Indians once drawn to political Hinduism.
Every 12 years, when the moon and stars are aligned, this becomes the most auspicious spot in Hinduism, and there is a six-week-long festival, or mela, for the millions of pilgrims.
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The deity's figure is identified with the rice spirit that had been worshipped by the original people of Bali, before Indian traders brought the Hinduism that became widespread in the 7th century.
More than 90% of the population practices Balinese Hinduism (the rest of Indonesia is Muslim) and everywhere you look, women are making offerings of rice and brightly coloured flowers, blessing the things they interact with.
In a televised address, Sheik Abd-al-Rahman al-Sudays, imam of the Mosque of Mecca, declared that God turned Jews into "pigs and monkeys, " condemned the "poisonous culture and rotten ideas" of the West, and trashed Hinduism.
His cramped office at Google.org boasts psychedelic posters, medical texts and awards from aid groups, along with a statue of the elephant-god Ganesh, in Hinduism the Remover of Obstacles (with a rotund belly to match Brilliant's own).
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