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By total number, India has the most Hindus. As a percentage, Nepal has the largest percentage of Hindus in the world, followed by India and Mauritius. [6] The Hindu population around the world as of 2020 is about 1.2 billion, making it the world's third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam, of which nearly 1.1 billion Hindus live in India.
Religion in Maharashtra is characterised by the diversity of religious beliefs and practices. According to the 2011 census, Hinduism was the principal religion in the state at 79.83% of the total population, while Muslims constituted 11.54% of the total population. Maharashtra has India's largest Buddhist and Jain populations.
The Varkari tradition holds a strong grip on the local Hindus of Maharashtra. [1]: 140–170 The public Ganesha festival started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the late 19th century is very popular. Marathi Hindus also revere Bhakti saints associated with varkari sects such as Dnyaneshwar, Savata Mali, Tukaram, Namdev, Janabai, and Chokhamela. Many ...
Marathi Hindu people are historically endogamous within their caste but exogamous with their clan. [citation needed] Cross-cousin alliances are allowed by most Marathi Hindu communities. [128] Hindu marriages, more often than not, take place by negotiation. The mangalasutra is the symbol of marriage for the woman.
The Hindu population has tripled from 303,675,084 in 1951 to 966,257,353 in 2011, but the Hindu percentage share of total population has declined from 84.1% in 1951 to 79.8% in 2011. [19] [20] [21] When India achieved independence in 1947, Hindus formed roughly 85% of the total population and pre-Partition British India had about 73% of Hindus ...
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council said that 45 out of 64 districts in the country had seen the targeting of mostly Hindu homes, businesses or temples this week.
Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 27 Maharashtra Times: Marathi: Various cities in Maharashtra: 1.701 The Times Group: 28 Andhra Jyothi: Telugu: Various cities in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh: 1.628 Aamoda Publications Pvt. Limited 29 Punjab Kesari: Hindi: Various cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh: 1. ...
States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...