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The historical Vedic religion constituted the religious ideas and practices in the Punjab during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE), centered primarily in the worship of Indra. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ note 1 ] The bulk of the Rigveda was composed in the Punjab region between circa 1500 and 1200 BC, [ 9 ] while later Vedic scriptures were composed ...
Sikhism is the most common faith in Punjab, numbering over 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population, making it the only Sikh-majority state in India. Around 38.49% of the population (10.68 million) follow Hinduism , while Islam is followed by 1.93% of the population (535,000) and Christianity 1.26% (350,000). [ 43 ]
[5] [6] With an estimated national population of 252 million in 2024, [5] ethnic Punjabis thus number approximately 112.8 million in Pakistan; [a] [54] this makes Punjabis the largest ethnic group in Pakistan by population. [5] [6] Religious homogeneity remains elusive as a predominant Sunni population with Shia, Ahmadiyya and Christian ...
[31] [3] At just over one percent of Punjab's population, their main population centres include the Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Firozpur, Jalandhar and Ludhiana districts. [19] [37] There have historically been Punjabi Christian communities in Jammu, [31] Delhi, [31] [38] and in Chandigarh, where the Christians are also known as Isai and belong to ...
St. Mary's Cathedral in Jalandhar, India. Christians form 1.26% of the total population numbering around 350,000 in Punjab, India as per as the 2011 census. [1] The Diocese of Amritsar of the Church of North India has its seat in Punjab as does the Roman Catholic diocese of Jalandhar.
Islam is a minority religion in Punjab, India followed by 535,489 people constituting about 1.93 percent of the state population out of 27.7 million population as of 2011 census report. [1] Islam has a strong historical presence in Punjab with many mosques, mausoleums and shrines.
Sikhism, founded by Guru Nanak is the main religion practised in the post-1966 Indian Punjab state. About 57.7% of the population of Punjab state is Sikh, 38.5% is Hindu, with the remaining population including Muslims, Christians, and Jains. [149]
Sikhism is an indigenous religion that originated in the Punjab region of South Asia during the 15th century. Mostly all of the world's Sikh population are Punjabis. [5] Punjabi Sikhs primarily inhabit the Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth. Punjabi Sikhs make up 57.69% of the state’s population. [6]