These include the Rig Vedas (possibly the oldest sacred writings), the Puranas, and the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. ... The Ramayana and the Mahabharata are epics which tell stories about mortals, gods and demons in conflict. ... There are many festivals, of which the main ones are: Mahashivaratri celebrating Shiva (February - March); Holi, the harvest festival in honour of love and of Krishna (March - April); and Divali,celebrating the New Yar and R...

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There are two great epics of Hinduism, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Ramayana-describes the story of Rama-an incarnation of Vishnu-who takes birth among humans in order to fight against evil forces and establish dharma(peace) in the world. ... Unlike the Ramayana, the protagonists of the Mahabarata often make mistakes, question what is right course of action, and regret wrong decisions. ...

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Hinduism, or "Sanatan Dharma"-which means eternal religion is the dominant religion in India. Also known as the oldest religion, Hinduism is said to begun about 4000 B.C. in the Indus Valley Region; Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. The first traceable roots of Hinduism are believed to lie with the invadin...

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Hinduism Hindu philosophy and religion, also known as Sanatana Dharma, has a very different way of interpreting the world we live in compared to that of western faiths. With no founding father or moment of conception, it is thought to be the eternal religion. It is one of the world's oldest relig...

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First subject that I would like to touch upon is the origin of these two religions. Hinduism is a religion that is followed by more than 650 million people in India and 100 million in the rest of the world. The word 'Hindu' was the name that was given to the people who lived east of the river Indus;...

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In ancient India women enjoyed equal status with man in all fields of life, she received the same education like man, many Hindu religious books like Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata have mentioned the names of several women who were great scholars, poets, philosophers of the time. ...

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Hinduism is also known as "Suntan Dharma" to Hindus. The original language language of India is Sanskrit. In this language "Sanatana" means Everlasting and "Dharma" , by a crude translation means Religion. The Everlasting Religion, Hinduism was founded, exists and flourishes in India. ...

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In this essay my goal is to compare and contrast the origin, the writings, the rituals or festivals, and present day practices of two religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. I am neither of these religions so this assignment is going to give me the opportunity to learn about both these religions. I don'...

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Hinduism is an ancient religion of people looking for explanations for the things that are beyond human power. Hinduism has many gods/goddess, scriptures that they hold to be true, rules they live by, belief in an afterlife, and rituals they perform whenever the time is right. Hindus follow the re...

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Christianity: Jesus was a preacher and healer who lived 2,000 years ago in Palestine. After He died, his disciples spread his teachings over the land. Christianity is now the world's largest religion. Christians believe that there is one God who is the creator of the world who is kind loving and fo...

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Hinduism The term Hinduism refers to the civilization of the Hindus (originally, the inhabitants of the land of the Indus River).Introduced in about 1830 by British writers, it properly denotes the Indian civilization of approximately the last 2,000 years, which evolved from Vedism the religion of the Indo- European peoples who settled in India in the last centuries of the 2nd millennium BC. The spectrum that ranges from the level of popular Hindu belief to that of elaborate ritual technique and philosophical speculation is very broad and is attended by many s...

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Hindus do not have one "Holy Book" like many other religions, but many texts including the four Vedas along with their Upanishads, called the "Sruti", several Dharma Sasthras or Smrutis, Ithihasas and Puranas including the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. ...

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