Hinduism

•Other countries with Hindu populations include Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore ,Mauritius,Fiji,Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Hindu religion was founded in the Indus Valley of India about 3500 BC within the Dravidian Civilization. Hinduism does'nt really have a text.. They have scriptures:. The Vedas, which is a collection of hymns praising the Vedic gods The Ramayana, which are long epic poems about Rama and Sita•The Mahabharata, which includes the Bhagavad Gita •The Puranas, which are a collection of stories about the different incarnations and the lives of saints. The hindu religion has more than 108 gods. · Afterlife- The most common afterlife belief among Hindus is transmigration. In the Hindu context, reincarnation refers to taking rebirth in another human being.//Sammy--Women are equal in education and religion. Women are, in Hinduism, power. They are more superior then men. It says that men get all their power from femalesRole of women-As a child protected by her fathers, they are not academically educated and their roles as children, considered essential in preserving social and cultural values, was learned in the home. Girls were betrothed and married at a very young age. In married life, the wife's roles were centered on the home and she does not have to do work for money. Fulfilling one's responsibility as a loving and available parent was considered paramount. ••• important dates-holi - The festival of different colors. Significance : Forgetting and finishing all unpleasant things of life and starting afresh together with family and friends. •diwali - Festival of lights in which all evil dies out and good things are adopted. Hinduism has no single founder with approximately a billion adherents, of whom about 905 million live in Nepal and India. •The Most Important Hindu date takes place once every 3 years. It is the Spiritual Gathering in four major Hindu pilgrim centers of India Prayag at the confluence of three rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, Haridwar where the river Ganga enters the plains from Himalayas, Ujjain, on the banks of Ksipra river and Nasik on the banks of Godavari River. Each twelve-year cycle includes the attendance of millions of people, making it the largest pilgrimage gathering around the world. The largest and most famous one occurs in Allahabad once every 12 years. This is called the Maha Kumba. •Hundreds of thousands of sadhus, yogis and pilgrims come to take a holy dip in the Ganges river. Legend has it that before the universe took shape, the gods and Demons churned the waters--as a result of which--from the ocean arose Dhanvantari carrying in his hands a kumbha of nectar.