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Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in Germany. It is practised by around 0.1% of the population of Germany. [ 1 ] As of 2017, there were approximately 130,000 Hindus living in the country.
Vishu is a Hindu festival celebrated in Kerala. It falls around 14 April of the Gregorian year. “Vishu” means equal in Sanskrit. Vishu is a symbol of the beginning of spring season. This festival is a phase that is devoted to the Lord Vishnu. Vishu is a festival for the family. [10] Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
Religious services often make use of a combination of light and darkness. Hindus putting lit oil lamps on the river Ganges. The ceremonial use of lights occurs in liturgies of various Christian Churches, as well as in Jewish, Zoroastrian, and Hindu rites and customs. Fire is used as an object of worship in many religions. Fire-worship still has ...
Celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi at Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Utah, United States. A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. The science of religious rites and festivals is known ...
List of Hindu temples in Germany This page was last edited on 9 December 2015, at 11:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Vedic Hinduism; Dravidian folk religion; ... Hinduism & Other Religions. ... This is a List of Hindu temples in Germany sorted by state.
Over the millennia of its development, Hinduism has adopted several iconic symbols, forming part of Hindu iconography, that are imbued with spiritual meaning based on either the scriptures or cultural traditions. The exact significance accorded to any of the icons varies with region, period and denomination of the followers.
Hinduism has been variously defined as a religion, a religious tradition, a set of religious beliefs, and "a way of life". [ 69 ] [ note 1 ] From a Western lexical standpoint, Hinduism, like other faiths, is appropriately referred to as a religion.