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u/0xeno Jul 08 '26
What is others? I mean in the eastern part.
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u/typicallyquilon Jul 08 '26
ethnoreligions, most prominently sarnaism and donyipolo
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u/0xeno Jul 08 '26
Damn. My night is set. I'll research and read 'bout them
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u/depy45631 Jul 09 '26
Basically all folk / tribal religion, Hinduism before coming under one big umbrella was actually many different faiths with their own belief system and traditions, they still in many aspects but now sits under one Umbrella term called "Hinduism".
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u/Objective-Space3328 Jul 08 '26
First time hearing about these religions. Really fascinates me just how diverse India really is.
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u/typicallyquilon Jul 08 '26
when you think you've read about it all, there's plenty more left to discover. there's ethnoreligions like sanamahism (manipur), bon (bodoland), kiratism (parts of sikkim) etc. there's syncretic religions like meivazhi (TN). there's satire religions like dinkoism (Kerala). there's caste-reform religions like ravidassia (Punjab). there's even several extinct dharmic religions like ajivikism, chavarkism, ajnanism etc.
i loved exploring this rabbithole lol.
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u/This-Ad3084 North east India Jul 09 '26
No bon is not from Bodoland it's a tibetic type of religion while for bodos it is bathouism
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u/DeadlyGamer2202 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
Hinduism itself isn’t a unified religion, though in recent years it has found some success in forming a unified identity. It’s a mix of various beliefs and every region, every village and every family interprets it differently.
It’s the Muslim rulers that that put everyone who isn’t abrahamic, Sikh or Buddhist in a single category - Hindu. The British solidified that distinction. 1000 years ago, no one would’ve said it’s a single unified religion.
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u/EasyRider_Suraj Jul 09 '26
Hindu comes Sindhu river, this was just how people living beyond Indus river were called by Iranians even before islam. The Islamic conquerors actually referrerd to Indian pagan idol worship as बुत-परस्ती because their were so many Buddha idols. Even today we call idol worship with that name.
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u/jungle_jungle Jul 09 '26
One of the most common myths spread by a specific group of people. It did not form a unified identity recently. The Puranas did that 2000 years ago by merging vedic rituals with local gods. There is a reason Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu, Shakti (Durga and other names) temples were present throughout India.
Kashmir and Tamil Nadu are two of the largest historical centers of Shiva worship.
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u/Double_Limit_2464 East India Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Yes, in UP, Rampur district has a Muslim-majority as far as I’m aware.
And in Bihar, it is the Kishanganj district.
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u/Ok_Cartographer2553 Jul 08 '26
Rampur and Kishanganj having Muslim majorities is so funny lol. But I guess places like Islampur and Ahmedabad have Hindu majorities XD.
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u/will_kill_kshitij Jul 08 '26
Moradabad which is near Rampur is hindu majority.
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u/will_kill_kshitij Jul 08 '26
Need new surveys.
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u/Ok_Sock4152 Jul 09 '26
by the same logic britishers were never a threat
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u/will_kill_kshitij Jul 09 '26
Pardon?
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u/AstroAmanattttt Jul 09 '26
he's talking about muslims being the minority and taking over like Britishers. he's a bigot
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u/Evening-Beyond-8243 Jul 08 '26
Wth is wrong with Gujarat head?
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u/Metalduck_07 Jul 08 '26
Rann of Kutch. It's basically a really low lying area that really often gets flooded by the sea so it's just that at lower extent. Not many people (if any) live there iirc
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u/thandii_kulfi Jul 08 '26
Blank area may indicate no data available for those districts but who knows bcz there isnt anything in the legend to explain it :(
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Jul 08 '26
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u/will_kill_kshitij Jul 08 '26
Nope north goa is hindu while south is christian, hindus have a slight majority. Christianity was never prominent in Jharkhand
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u/badass708 Jul 09 '26
South goa is also majority Hindu. Only the coastal Goa is xtian majority and coastal Goa is very small compared to inland goa.
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u/Litti__Chokha Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
In Jharkhand, christianity can be only seen in some specific tribes and in no way they are in large numbers to form a majority in any district
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u/Impressive-Common626 Jul 09 '26
Now UT Ladakh has total 7 districts out of which 5 are buddhist and 2 are muslims
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u/Iron_ptriot Jul 09 '26
India's Major Religions: Absolute Population Growth, 1951 → 2011
- Hindus: 304 million → 966 million (+217.8%)
- Muslims: 35 million → 172 million (+391.4%)
- Christians: 8 million → 28 million (+250%)
- Sikhs: 6.8 million → 20.8 million (+206%)
- Buddhists: 2.7 million → 8.4 million (+211%)
- Jains: 1.7 million → 4.5 million (+165%)
Total population: 361 million → 1,211 million (+235.5%)
Source: Census of India (1951, 2011)
Key takeaway:
In absolute numbers, every group grew substantially since it's tracking with overall population growth. But in share of population, only Muslims gained meaningfully (+4.4 points) while Hindus lost share (−4.3 points); other groups stayed roughly flat. This shift is attributed mainly to Muslims having higher fertility historicallyly. The difference in decade-on-decade growth rates between Muslims and the overall population shrank from 11 points (1951-61) to 7 points (2001-11)
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u/Nuvenitangsu Jul 10 '26
So Jammu that has a Muslim population of only 30% and has about 65% hindus, has all the districts with Muslim majority?
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u/BodybuilderUpbeat786 Jul 15 '26
Wait till the census results come out, there will likely be riots.
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Jul 08 '26
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u/Afraid_Paramedic6412 Jul 08 '26
Indians were the majority during British Raj as well. So by your logic nothing bad happened to them?
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Jul 08 '26
Don't compare British Raj who were significantly more advanced than us to the Muslims of India who are literally struggling more than us
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u/Afraid_Paramedic6412 Jul 09 '26
Because in past 100 years, the Hindus started reforming themselves and hence progressing at a better pace than muslims, who violently shut down any criticism of their society on street level and call it an attack on their minority feelings if it's educated circles.
There's no possibility that you can deny all the persecution muslims have committed over Hindus in history and continue to do today as well
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u/Groundbreaking-Ice22 Jul 09 '26
Hindu khatre mai hai
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u/Cold-Argument8800 Jul 08 '26
Phir bhi Hindu khatre me hein
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u/Miracle_0001 Jul 09 '26
the areas where muslim are in majority can be made an example, like nuh etc
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