Sang Yeop Lee 6 th grade Religions of India EXIT
Hinduism Ancient India’s religion Made three thousand years ago Two main gods, Vishnu and Shiva Over 600 million Indians are Hindus Perform daily purifying rituals called pujas EXIT
Islam Muslim religion -Follow the prophet Muhammad -Muhammad was inspired by “Allah”, God -Their holy book is called the Koran -India has one of the largest populations of Muslims in the world. -Have five duties: to pray 5 times a day, to worship at their mosque every Friday, pray facing Mecca, celebrate Ramadan, and make pilgrimage to Mecca at least once. EXIT
Sikhism Founded by in the sixteenth century ago by Guru Nanak who was a wandering holy man They worship one God Believe that all people should live and worship together as equals EXIT
Buddhism Founded by Siddhartha Gautama in the fifth century, B.C. He became Buddha or the “Awakened One” He preached all over India Buddhists believe in reincarnation and meditation EXIT
Christianity -There are over 15 million Christians that live in India -Most of them live in the state of Kerala -Many Indian Christians have blended Christian and India customs -Christianity came to India through European missionaries EXIT