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What religion is 80\% of India?
\% 2011
Religious group | Population (2011) \% | Literacy (2011) (\%) |
---|---|---|
Hinduism | 79.80\% | 73.3\% |
Islam | 14.23\% | 68.5\% |
Christianity | 2.30\% | 84.5\% |
Sikhism | 1.72\% | 75.4\% |
Who was the 1st Hindu?
Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs. Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region.
Which religion came first in Tamilnadu?
Hinduism in Tamil Nadu finds its earliest literary mention in the Sangam literature dated to the 5th century BCE. The total number of Tamil Hindus as per 2011 Indian census is 63,188,168 which forms 87.58\% of the total population of Tamil Nadu. Hinduism is the largest religion in Tamil Nadu.
What is the difference between Hindu and Tamil?
Both Tamil and Hindi are Indian languages spoken by the Hindu people. However, there are many differences between the two. Hindi came from the Indo-European linguistic family while Tamil is a descendant of the Dravidian languages. Hindi is written in the Devanagari script while Tamil uses its own distinctive script.
Is Tamilnadu a Hindu state?
Tamil Nadu has centers of worship for a multitude of faiths. According to 2011 Census of India figures, 87.6\% of Tamil Nadu’s population are Hindus, 6.12\% are Christians, 5.86\% are Muslims, 0.12\% are Jains, 0.02\% are Buddhists and 0.02\% are Sikhs.
Did Hinduism start south India?
Hinduism was the state religion of most of the South Indian kingdoms. During the Ancient and Middle Ages were built in South India one of the greatest Hindu temples. The Cauvery River that flows through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is also known as the “Ganges of South” and is one of the most sacred river of the Hindus.