Understanding Hinduism: 5 Facts About Hinduism

Hinduism is among the largest religions in the world with around a billion followers, most of whom are from the Indian subcontinent or of Indian origin. Let’s look at a few aspects of Hinduism.

The subcontinent of India was traditionally known as Bharatvarsha, and also as Hindustan. The word “Hindu” comes from the word “Sindhu”, the traditional name of the river Indus, which lies in modern-day India and Pakistan today. So Hinduism was a geographic identity originally, and has only lately come to be seen as a religion.

Another one of the astonishing facts about Hinduism is its vast pantheon of …read more