Hinduism
Culture Region (Region)
Location and number of adherents: They have 900 Million followers worldwide,
Teachings and Principles/Beliefs: They believe in the oldest Vedas, Indian sacred texts, and the Brahmans (priests), in reincarnation, rebirth, and the law of karma, which determines their destiny, in this life and the next and they believe in multiple gods.
Icons: For example: The tilak is a mark mostly worn on the forehead or other parts of the body, as a sign of spiritual devotion. Vibhuti is the holy ash from sacred puja (prayer) rites involving fire. Rudraksha are seeds from the rudraksha tree, which represents the tears of Lord Shiva.
Teachings and Principles/Beliefs: They believe in the oldest Vedas, Indian sacred texts, and the Brahmans (priests), in reincarnation, rebirth, and the law of karma, which determines their destiny, in this life and the next and they believe in multiple gods.
Icons: For example: The tilak is a mark mostly worn on the forehead or other parts of the body, as a sign of spiritual devotion. Vibhuti is the holy ash from sacred puja (prayer) rites involving fire. Rudraksha are seeds from the rudraksha tree, which represents the tears of Lord Shiva.
Diffusion (Mobility)
History: It is the oldest of the major religions. This religion has no founder or origin Hinduism is the Indian religion, but it differs significantly from earlier religion there. It goes way more back than 20000 BC, this is the reason why it is so difficult to name the difference between the old religions.
Types of Diffusion, including Barriers: It is both: hierarchical diffusion and expansion diffusion, because it spread out India, but it mostly stayed there. hey are different as Hinduism, for example believe Vaishnavism and Shaivism only in one god.
Leaders and Religious Founders: They do not have one particular leader, each sect has their own leaders. Sometimes when they do not belong to a sect, they chose a leader, or they think the scriptures are enough to guide them.
Sects and Fragmentations: The major sects are: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
Types of Diffusion, including Barriers: It is both: hierarchical diffusion and expansion diffusion, because it spread out India, but it mostly stayed there. hey are different as Hinduism, for example believe Vaishnavism and Shaivism only in one god.
Leaders and Religious Founders: They do not have one particular leader, each sect has their own leaders. Sometimes when they do not belong to a sect, they chose a leader, or they think the scriptures are enough to guide them.
Sects and Fragmentations: The major sects are: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
Religious Ecology (Nature-Culture)
Relationship with Nature: Their images relate to a powerful natural world.
Environment and Religion Interaction: Their ecological sensitive is based on their relationship with their gods.
Environment and Religion Interaction: Their ecological sensitive is based on their relationship with their gods.
Culture Integration (Globalization)
Economic Impacts and Relationship: Hinduism shaped the types of economic structure, which are the caste system, self-sufficiency and family ventures
Pilgrimage: Karel Werner's Popular Dictionary of Hinduism, "most Hindu places of pilgrimage are associated with legendary events from the lives of various gods.... Almost any place can become a focus for pilgrimage, but in most cases they are sacred cities, rivers, lakes, and mountains".
Political impacts: They are the success of democracy and religious tolerance.
Pilgrimage: Karel Werner's Popular Dictionary of Hinduism, "most Hindu places of pilgrimage are associated with legendary events from the lives of various gods.... Almost any place can become a focus for pilgrimage, but in most cases they are sacred cities, rivers, lakes, and mountains".
Political impacts: They are the success of democracy and religious tolerance.
Cultural Landscapes (Cultural Landscapes)
Structures: Temples and shrines, holy animals, and the sights and sounds of processions and rituals.
Sacred Places: One of this places is the Ganges River, which is a place where the go on pilgrimage to bath in sacred waters or scattered their ashes in it after the cremation.
Sacred Space: They worship in a mandir or temple, which belongs to a particular god or goddess. These temples are the homes of the god's on earth. They do not have a scheduled day for worships.
Sacred Places: One of this places is the Ganges River, which is a place where the go on pilgrimage to bath in sacred waters or scattered their ashes in it after the cremation.
Sacred Space: They worship in a mandir or temple, which belongs to a particular god or goddess. These temples are the homes of the god's on earth. They do not have a scheduled day for worships.