Hinduism Hinduism is the third largest religion of the world Hindus in Australia have migrated from a number of countries particularly India, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Mauritius and the United Kingdom. Key Beliefs Hindus they place great important to peace, truth, right of conduct, and love and non violence. All Hindu ceremonies, rituals and worships end with a prayer for universal peace and harmony. They don't eat meat of any kind. The believe that each very action has a re action they believe that every living thing get reincarnated. Hindu people are very clam and loving people they don't like violence and will not responded to it.

Beliefs : Hindus believe in one, all-pervasive supreme god who is both immanent and transcendent , both creator and unmanifest reality. Hindus believe in the divinity of the four Vedas, the world’s most ancient scripture and venerate the agamas as equally revealed. These primordial hymns are god’s word and the bedrock of Santana dharma, the eternal religion Hindus believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution Hindus believe in the karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his or her own destiny by there thoughts word and deeds Hindus believe that the soul reincarnate, evolving through many births until all karama have been resolved and moksha , liberatio from the cycle of rebirth is attained. Not a single soul will be deprived of this destiny. Hindus believe that divine beings exist in unseen worlds and that the temple worship, ritual, sacrament and personal devotional create a communion with these devas and gods Hindus believe that enlightened master, or satgura, is essential to know the transcendent absolute, as are personal discipline, good contract, purification, pilgrimage, self inquiry, meditation and surrender in god. Hindus believe that all life is sacred, to be love and revered and therefore harming it and anyway is thought word and deed Hindus believe that no religion teaches the only ways to salvation above all others, but genuine are facets of god light

what is it ? Is it a religion or a way of life? it is both a religion and a way of life. Hinduism asks each one of us to search for the Divine within us. We are all divine and each one of us has the capacity to realise that divinity within us. therefore each one of us is a Hindu by birth. Hinduism, today one finds numerous religious groups promoting and practicing the Hindu believes throughout the world. India gave to the world the original, oldest and most profound beliefs of life.

Hinduism how many people? It is the most tolerant and peace-loving religion. Its origin is traced to the most ancient civilisation of the Indian sub-continent-the Indus civilisation. There are over a billion Hindus today. Most are in India, but Hindus live all over the world. Sizeable Hindu populations live in Nepal, Mauritius, Fiji, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Guyana, Indonesia, Australia, America, Canada, England, New Zealand and some other countries. Australian census 2000 indicates that more than 100,000 Hindu families live in Australia. By 1911 there were an estimated 1,000 Hindus in Australia. Today there are over 95,000 Hindus living in Australia about 80% of whom were born overseas in countries including Fiji, India, Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Hinduism Temples in Australia The major temples in Australia Adelaide gaNesh temple Adelaide Murugan temple Adelaide Brisbane Ganesh temple Hare Krishna Temple Canberra Mururgan temple, 151 - Beasley Street, Torrns, A.C.T. North Temple, 81 - Ratciffe Cresent, Florry, A.C.T. Truppath temple, Cornor of Mawson DR & Ainsworth Street, Mawson, A.C.T. Hindu Temple and Culture Center Sri Shiva Vishnu Mandir Ganesh temple Darwin Melbourne Shiva vishnu temple, Corne of Boundry & Worsely Road, Carrum Downs, Victoria 3201. Tel: +61 3 9782 0878 Sri Vakratunda vinayaka temple, 1292 - 1294, The Mountain Highway, The Basin, Victoria. Tel: +61 3 9793 1652 Perth Sri Balamurugan temple, Perth, 16 - Mentogalup Road, Mentogalup, Kuwnana, Perth, West Australia 6155. Tel : 9410 1174 Sri Shiva temple, Lot 41 - Warton Raod, Huntingdale, Perth, West Australia 6110. Tel : 9455 2097 Sri Hari Mandir Sydney Murugan temple, 217 - Greda & Western Highway, Mays Hill, New South Wales 2145. Tel : +61 2 6871 695 Sri Venkateshwara Temple, S.V.T. Association INC, Temple Road, HelensBurgh, New South Wales 2508. Tel : +61 2 4294 3224