SOME FACTS OF HINDUISM 1) Apart from India and Nepal , Mauritious is also a Hindu majority country 2) The population of Hindus in Fiji islands and Guyana in 1950 was more than 50%. But now it is reduced to 30% due to large scale conversion 3) The Bali islands in Indonesia is Hindu majority region 4) Sanathana Dharma has 2000 basic religious books and totally have more than one lakh religious books which is biggest literature in the world for any religion 5) Countries like Pakisthan , Srilanka, Myanmar , Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afganisthan, Tibet were once Hindu countries 6) Even though Sanathana Dharma is third largest religion , the most visited pilgrim centers in the world are in Hinduism. Sabarimala temple - 70+ million per year Thirupati thirumala temple - 40-50 million Guruvayoor temple - 40-50 million 7) In 1910 cencus Sanathana Dharma was a bigger religion than islam *1910 cencus -Hinduism -223 million followers -Islam - 221 millon followers 8) Buddhism which is an offshoot of Sanathana Dharma is also a world religion 9) Yoga which is a practice of Sanathana Dharma has today more than 200 million non hindu followers 10) The worlds largest gathering is for Hindu custom of Mahakumbha mela of around 160 million 11) Many countries like Indonesia , Combodia, Malasia and many other countries have Sanathana past. In fact if u go back to date from year to centuries you will reach a time when entire world was following Sanathana Dharma .Defnitely it will come again by renaissance. PROUD TO BE A HINDU --- Copied from wall of Dr Nilanjan Bhattacharjee
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:42:57 +0000
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