Religion and culture- religion as the strong carrier of culture, Main Religious Ideas and Institution of India – Vedic religion, Buddhism, Jainism, Vaishnavism, Shaivisim, Sufism Bhakti Movement.
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The historical Vedic religion, and subsequent Brahmanism, constituted the religious ideas and practices among some of the Indo-Aryan peoples of northwest India and the western Ganges plain of ancient India during the Vedic period. These ideas and practices are found in the Vedic texts.
Buddhism
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies.
Jainism
a non-theistic religion founded in India in the 6th century BC by the Jina Vardhamana Mahavira as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox Brahmanism, and still practised there. The Jain religion teaches salvation by perfection through successive lives, and non-injury to living creatures, and is noted for its ascetics.
Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is the largest Hindu denomination with 67.6% of Hindus being Vaishnavas. It is also called Vishnuism, its followers are called Vaishnavas or Vaishnavites, and it considers Vishnu as the Supreme Lord.
Shaivism
Shaivism (/ˈʃaɪvɪzəm/) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism that worships Lord Shiva, also called Rudra, as the Supreme Being. It is considered to be the oldest living religion in the world. ... It is closely related to Shaktism, and some Shaivas worship in both Shiva and Shakti temples.
Sufism
Sufism, also known as Tasawwuf, is mysticism in Islam, "characterized ... [by particular] values, ritual practices, doctrines and institutions". It is variously defined as "Islamic mysticism", "the inward dimension of Islam" or "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam".