LET S FIND OUT RELIGION HINDUISM JULIA J QUINLAN Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
What Is hInduIsm Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions Some Hindu traditions date back more than three thousand years Over the centuries however its followers called Hindus have accepted many new ideas and combined This map shows the world distribution of Hindus India has the world’s largest population of Hindus 4
A group of Hindus celebrate a festival along the Ganges River in India them with the old ones More than nine hundred million people practice Hinduism worldwide Most of them live in India where Hinduism began Think About It Hinduism has no single founder Can you think of the founders of other world religions How does having a founder make religious worship different Hinduism is different from other major religions because it has no founder Its origins are lost in the distant past It has several religious texts rather than one major text No one has set down a list of beliefs for all Hindus to follow Hinduism is diverse in belief and practice Many sects and schools of philosophy coexist within Hinduism 5
