How many religions does India have? Only non-Indians answer?
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The two main, broad religions are Hinduism and Buddhism. Both contain many separate sects within them.
There’s Jains and Sikhs, as well, that I know of. Christianity, Islam and Judaism also have
followers.
” Only non-Indians answer? ” uhhhhh what? This isnt some site where you try and stump the collective….. the point is to get to the correct answer. And well im willing to bet that indians shouuuuuuuuld know this. So why dont you want their answers?
“Four major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originated there, while Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region’s diverse culture.”
Wikipedia
You kids and your researching the internets! How’s a man supposed to stump some people?
There are also Baha’i’s in India.
Even if us non-Indians don’t know, it’s a fairly definitive search via google or wikipedia.
Indians have about as many religions as everyone else. Hinduism may have a large number of deities, but the number of belief systems is surely equal to the number of people, which means that we’re all the same.
Religions of India
Hindus 827,578,868 – 80.456%
Muslims 138,188,240 – 13.434%
Christians 24,080,016 – 2.341%
Sikhs 19,215,730 – 1.868%
Buddhists 7,955,207 – 0.773%
Jains 4,225,053 – 0.411%
Others 6,639,626 – 0.645%
Courtesy of Wikipedia. Specifically this page about 1/3 of the way down.
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The 2.2 million Bahais must be included in the Others section.
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