I do not mean to imply that Christians have adopted the liberal assumption, so prevalent in Hinduism, that all religions are merely different paths to the same summit.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

The two largest non-Christian religions are Hinduism ( 2 %) and Islam ( 1 %).

Breatharianism is a related concept, in which believers claim food and possibly water are not necessary, and that humans can be sustained solely by prana ( the vital life force in Hinduism ), or, according to some, by the energy in sunlight ( according to Ayurveda, sunlight is one of the main sources of prana ).

The Aghoris of northern India are a splinter sect of Hinduism who practice cannibalism in which they consume the flesh of the dead floated in the Ganges in pursuit of immortality and supernatural powers.

The pancha mahabhuta, or " five great elements ", of Hinduism are kshiti or bhūmi ( earth ), ap or jala ( water ), tejas or agni ( fire ), marut or pavan ( air or wind ), vyom ; or shunya or akash ( aether or void ).

In the philosophy of the seven chakras there are correspondences to the five elements as shared by both Hinduism and Buddhism as well as two other elements:

Other faiths are even more subtle: the doctrine of karma shared by Buddhism and Hinduism is a divine law similar to divine retribution but without the connotation of punishment: our acts, good or bad, intentional or unintentional, reflect back on us as part of the natural working of the universe.

Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism are called Hindu Dharma, Buddha-Dharma, Jain-Dharma and Sikh dharma, respectively.

* Bhūta are five elements in Hinduism

For example, only kosher foods are permitted by Judaism, halal foods by Islam, and in Hinduism beef is restricted.

From a Hinduism point of view women are equal in all measures to men in comparison.

All goddesses in Hinduism are sometimes grouped together as the great goddess, Devi.

Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. Maurya and Gupta empires are called as the Golden Age of India and were marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, art, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Indian culture. The religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, which began in India, were an important influence on South, East and Southeast Asia

Indian religions, also known as dharmic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent ; namely Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

These texts are the central shruti ( revealed ) texts of Hinduism.

Jains are not a part of the Vedic Religion ( Hinduism ).

In both countries, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity are represented by important communities.

There are monist pantheists and panentheists in Zoroastrianism, Hinduism ( particularly in Advaita and Vishistadvaita ), Judaism ( monistic panentheism is especially found in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy ), and in Islam ( among the Sufis, especially the Bektashi ).

Hinduism cannot be said to be purely polytheistic, as all great Hindu religious leaders have repeatedly stressed that while God's forms are many and the ways to communicate with him are many, God is one.

* Mages of Akashic Brotherhood are ascetics, martial artists, and monks, largely drawing from Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, Hinduism and other such religions.

In Hinduism many individuals are either raised as ovo-lacto vegetarians or lacto vegetarians.

In addition to the Vedas, the principal texts of Hinduism, the core themes of the Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata are said to have their ultimate origins during this period.

Even within Hinduism, there are different approaches to reaching the Divine based on an individual ’ s own characteristics.

They were Indians who practiced Hinduism and Buddhism and were focusing on taking over Central Asia.

In her book, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia, she writes that " As for Hinduism, the hierarchical principles of the Brahmanical social order have always been contested from within Hindu society, suggesting that equality has been and continues to be both valued and practiced.

Other practiced faiths were Islam ( 6. 83 %), Hinduism ( 4. 73 %) Sikhism ( 3. 82 %), Buddhism, and Judaism.

The tribes of the Philippines practiced Mohammedan Religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Ancestor and Nature worship ; part of the motivation of the Spaniards was to convert the natives to the Roman Catholic religion in order to subdue them without a fight.

Japan enjoys full religious freedom and minority religions such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism are practiced.

Veneration of saints is practiced, formally or informally, by adherents of some branches of all major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism.

Historically significant systems of mentorship include traditional Greek pederasty, the guru-disciple tradition practiced in Hinduism and Buddhism, Elders, the discipleship system practiced by Rabbinical Judaism and the Christian church, and apprenticing under the medieval guild system.

Many religions are practiced in Guyana, the predominant ones being Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam.

These tribes practiced a mixture of Islam, Hinduism and native Animist beliefs.

" Before their conversion to Islâm the Nuristânis practiced a form of ancient Hinduism, infused with accretions developed locally ".

Ashoka initially practiced Hinduism but later embraced Buddhism ; following the Kalinga War, he renounced expansionism and aggression, and the harsher injunctions of the Arthashastra on the use of force, intensive policing, and ruthless measures for tax collection and against rebels.

The term religious communism has been ascribed to the social arrangement practiced by many orders of monks and nuns of such religions as Christianity, Taoism, Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

* Eastern religion as sought and practiced by some western converts into faiths based in East Asia and South Asia, like Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Shintoism and so on, as opposed to Monotheism or Judeo-Christian belief systems.

Balinese Hinduism, (), is a religion practiced by the majority of the population of Bali.

Self-immolation is tolerated by some elements of Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism, and it has been practiced for many centuries, especially in India, for various reasons, including Sati, political protest, devotion, and renouncement.

Principle 1 in particular has been criticized for it denies the rights of non-believers, as well as of believers in polytheistic religions ( Hinduism and Buddhism ), which are practiced by a significant minority of Indonesians.

* Natya Yoga, first practiced by Narada, a divine sage from the Vaisnava tradition of Hinduism

Among the Various forms of Hinduism, the Veerashaivism is being practiced by crores of People all over the India.

There are Anglican, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches in the area and other religions practiced include Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism and the Muslim faith.

" However, there is a strong tradition of celibacy in Hinduism practiced by ascetics.

Hinduism is the oldest faith practiced in the area.

Hinduism in Egypt is a minority religion practiced mainly by the Indian expatriates and workers in the nation.

Hinduism is mainly practiced on one of the islands like Saint Martin.