HINDUISM IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN RELIGION,

HINDUISM IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN RELIGION, WITH IT’S ROOTS GOING BACK TO 10,000 YEARS AND HINDU LITERATURE DATING BACK TO 7000 BCE.

PEOPLE FOLLOWING HINDUISM AROUND THE WORLD ARE APPRX 1 BILLION PEOPLE WHICH IS 14% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION.

THERE ARE BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF HINDUS IN PAKISTAN(1.8%) THAN IN USA (0.7%).

TOP 5 COUNTRIES WITH HINDU POPULATION ARE

1.    NEPAL 81.3%

2.  INDIA 80.5%

3.  MAURITIUS 54%

4.  FIJI 33.7%

5.  GUYANA 28%

• HINDUISM IS THE 3RD LARGEST FOLLOWED RELIGION AFTER CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM .
• HINDUISM HAS SPREAD ACROSS MANY COUNTRIES OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN NEPAL, BANGLADESH, MYANMAR, MALAYSIA, COMBODIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND AND OTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.
• THE LARGEST HINDU TEMPLE IN THE WORLD IS SURPRISINGLY NOT IN INDIA BUT IS IN ANGKOR, CAMBODIA.
• AYURVEDA, THE PLANT BASED MEDICAL TREATMENT PRACTICE HAS ITS ROOTS FROM HINDUISM.
• NEPAL ( 81.3 %) , IS ALMOST A HINDU COUNTRY WITH A HIGHER HINDU PERCENTAGE POPULATION THAN IN INDIA( 80.5 %).
• VASTHU SASTRA, WHICH TRANSLATES TO ” THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE ”  IS AN ANCIENT HINDU LITERATURE OF ARCHITECTURE WRITTEN BETWEEN 6000 BCE AND 3000 BCE WITH ITS INFLUENCE CLEARLY SEEN IN HARAPPA AND MOHENJO-DARO CIVILIZATIONS.
• ‘MAHABHARATA’ ONE OF THE MOST REVERED BOOKS OF INDIA IS 10 TIMES LARGER THAN ILIAD AND ODYSSEY COMBINED TOGETHER.
• YOGA, THE WORLD’S MOST PRACTICED FORM OF SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL FITNESS PROCEDURE, ORIGINATED FROM HINDUISM IN THE INDUS- SARASWATI CIVILIZATION 5000 YEARS AGO.
• SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IS FAMOUS FOR HIS SPEECH ON UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD AT WORLD RELIGIONS CONFERENCE. SWAMI ‘RE INTRODUCED HINDUISM TO THE WESTERN WORLD. THE PRIME STREET IN CHICAGO, USA IS NAMED AFTER SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN HIS HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF HIS FAMOUS SPEECH.
• AFTER HIS LAB WAS BURNT DOWN IN A FIRE ACCIDENT AND LOSING ALL HIS RESEARCH MATERIAL, NIKOLAS TESLA GOT DEPRESSED, LEARNT ABOUT SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND HINDUISM, STARTED READING ABOUT HINDUISM AND  INVENTED “COSMIC ENERGY” AFTER HE SPENT READING HINDU MYTHOLOGICAL BOOKS WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE AND THE EXCHANGE OF ENERGIES.
• SINGAPORE CITY IS BUILT BASED ON THE HINDU LITERATURE OF ARCHITECTURE CALLED ” VASTU ” WHICH IS APPRECIATED BY THE MOST MODERN DAY ARCHITECTS AND IS ADOPTED IN THEIR DESIGNS AROUND THE WORLD.
• AMAZING ISN’T IT.?!!   NEXT TIME WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU ABOUT HINDUISM, TELL THEM YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT.! AMAZE THEM WITH THE FACTS AND THE SCIENTIFIC CONNECTION OF THE RELIGION AND ITS PRACTICES.