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Sri Lankan Hindus Hindu temple festival in Colombo in 1900s. Total population 2,561,299 (2012) 12.6% of its total population Religions Hinduism Shaivism (majority) Vaishnavism and Shaktism (minority) Scriptures Ramayana and Vedas Languages Old Tamil and Sanskrit (sacred) Tamil (majority) and Sinhala (minority) Hinduism by country Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi ...
Sri Visalachchi Samatha Visvanathar Temple, Araly Centre, Valikamam West; Sri Vishvanatha Swamy Temple (Sivan Temple), Myalaney, Chunnakam; Sri Visvalinga Maha Kanapathy Temple, Vannarpannai North West; Sri Visvareswaraswamy Temple, Karaikkal, Inuvil East, Kondavil; Suthumalai Puvaneswary Amman Temple (Suthumalai) Suthumalai Murugan Temple ...
Hinduism in South India refers to the Hindu culture of the people of South India. Hinduism in South India is characterized by Dravidian customs and traditions, hence it is also called Dravidian Hinduism. The Dravidians made great contributions to the development of Hinduism. [1] South India was the birthplace of many Hindu saints and reformers.
Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion [1] Hindu population lives, Hindu Temples are found across the world, on every continent. In the Indian Subcontinent, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka.. Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist country, while Sri Lankans practice a variety of religions.As of the 2012 census, 70.2% of Sri Lankans were Buddhists, 12.6% were Hindus, 9.7% were Muslims (mainly Sunni), 7.4% were Christians (mostly Catholics).
The denominations of Hinduism, states Julius J. Lipner, are unlike those found in major religions of the world, because Hindu denominations are fuzzy with individuals revering gods and goddesses polycentrically, with many Shaiva and Vaishnava adherents recognizing Sri (Lakshmi), Parvati, Saraswati and other aspects of the goddess Devi ...
Hindu temples in Southern Province, Sri Lanka (1 C) W. Hindu temples in Western Province, Sri Lanka (3 P) This page was last edited on 22 April 2019, at 15:58 ...
Krishnaism is a term used in scholarly circles to describe large group of independent Hindu traditions—sampradayas related to Vaishnavism—that center on the devotion to Krishna as Svayam Bhagavan, Ishvara, Para Brahman, who is the source of all reality, not simply an avatar of Vishnu.