Religions,

“the People’s Spirit”

St. Xavier’s College, Autonomous, Mumbai

Presentation On

Giving Voice to Values

PROF.:- MR. VISHANT

Indian

INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIONA religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Many religions have narratives, symbols, and sacred histories that aim to explain the meaning of lifeand/or to explain the origin of life or the Universe. From their beliefs about the cosmos and human nature, people may derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.

RELIGION WISE INDIAN POPULATION

Religiousgroup

Population

% 1951

Population

% 1961

Population

% 1971

Population

% 1981

Population

% 1991

Population

% 2001

Hinduism 84.1% 83.45% 82.73% 82.30% 81.53% 80.46%

Islam 9.8% 10.69% 11.21% 11.75% 12.61% 13.43%

Christianity 2% 2.44% 2.60% 2.44% 2.32% 2.34%

Sikhism 1.79% 1.79% 1.89% 1.92% 1.94% 1.87%

Buddhism 0.74% 0.74% 0.70% 0.70% 0.77% 0.77%

Jainism 0.46% 0.46% 0.48% 0.47% 0.40% 0.41%

Zoroastrianism 0.13% 0.09% 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.06%

Ethnic faiths, others 0.43% 0.43% 0.41% 0.42% 0.44% 0.72%

HINDUISMIt is said that in Hinduism there are Thirty Three Crores Gods among them Lord Shiva, Lord Brahmha, Lord Vishnu, Goddess Durga, Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ganesha, Lord Rama, Lord Hanuman, Lord Krishna are Prayed Mostly.

Hinduism is the dominant religion, or way of life, of South Asia, and consists of many diverse traditions.

Hinduism has been called the "oldest religion" in the world.

HINDUISM

Diwali Lights

HINDUISMDussehra, Dipawali, Holi, Vasant Panchmi, Ram Navami etc. are the major festivals in Hinduism. Its main holy books are 4 Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagawat Geeta.

ChristianityChristianity is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life andoral teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world‘s largest religion, with about 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians.

ChristianityThe central tenet of Christianity is the belief in Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah (Christ). Christians believe that Jesus, as the Messiah, was anointed by God as savior of humanity, and hold that Jesus' coming was the fulfillment of messianic prophecies of the Old Testament.

ChristianityHOLY BOOK OF THE CHRISTIANITY IS HOLY BIBLE AND THE MAJOR FESTIVALS ARE CHRISTMAS DAY & EASTER.

IslamIslam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, an Islamic holy book considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh)

IslamIslam is the 2nd Largest Religion in the world, Holy Book of Islam is “Holy Quran” and Major Festivals are EID (Ramzan Eid & Bakhr Eid) and Muharram.

BuddhismBuddhism is a nontheistic religion or dharma, "right way of living", that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one").

BuddhismHOLY BOOK OF BUDDHISM IS TRIPITAKA AND THE FESTIVAL OF BUDDHISM IS BUDDHIST NEW YEAR, VESAK AND MAGHA PUJA DAY ETC.

SikhismSikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, by Guru Nanak and continued to progress through the ten successive Sikh gurus (the eleventh and last guru being the holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib.

SikhismSIKHS FIRMLY BELIEVE IN SEWA (SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND GOD) AND SIMRAN (REMEMBRANCE OF GOD), THE TWO TENETS OF SIKH LIFE. HOLY BOOK OF SIKHISM IS GURU GRANTH SAHIB AND FESTIVALS IN SIKHISM ARE LOHRI, MAGHI, HOLLA MOHALLA ETC.

JainismJainism is traditionally known as Jain Shasan or Jain dharma (Sanskrit: जैन धर्म�), is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of ahimsa—nonviolence—towards all living beings, and emphasises spiritual interdependence and equality between all forms of life.

Jainism Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world. Mahāvīra Jayanti, Diwali, Paryushana are the most important festivals for Jains. The “Ṇamōkāra mantra” is the fundamental prayer of Jainism.

Religion, as a Blessing to PeoplePeople stay away from so many sins or from

doing crimes because of God’s Afraid.When a person falls on tention, depression or

any difficulty arises in his daily life, he prays the God of his religion and gets relaxation.

Festivals of all the religions give the time to its followers to enjoy their life with their family, relatives and with their society and establishes beautiful relationship among them.

ConclusionReligions are the faith, thought and spirit of the particular society which puts the peoples in a certain limitations by not allowing people to go in violence & harming others. Whichever religion people follow, every religion teaches us a lesson peace, humanity, unity and welfare of the society, and motivates the people to tackles all the challenges arrived in front of them.

PRESENTATION PREPARED BY

Ishwor Bhusal, Roll no. 204Prinshu Chaurasia, Roll no. 208Vidya Bansode, Roll no. 326Muke Sagar, Roll no. 253Shubham Vanle, Roll no. 299Vijit Kumar, Roll no. 317