Whom do Hindus worship?
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They worship all the living and non living things. you name it, they'll worship it.\n\nThey worship Gods creations and thus stands his own creations equal to him.
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Hindu's worship in Mandir (temple), Sikhs worship in Gurudwara (don't know the name in english). At home worship is very common.
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You should do some reading up on Hinduism, specifically samsara, and Shiva and Vishnu. Not exactly the same idea, but a similar concept.
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I studied Hinduism as a Subject of Comparative Religion and have lived in India, too, for awhile.\n\nI think the name of the place that you mentioned is Banares, not Barnas; and only people who live in that vicinity go there.\n\nTo the best of my knowledge, Hindus don't have anything like Death Education.\n\nTechnically speaking, Hindus are supposed to Celebrate Death as the Release of the Soul that has now attained Freedom and gone back to God; but I didn't see many people doing that, because they were too busy mourning.  They did reply all the condolences they recieved with the standard "Well, he[or she] has gone on to the Better Place." which, really, isn't too different to our own funerals.\n\nThe Crematoria are now Electric Furnaces, since Pollution Laws forbid burning wood pyres; so there's not much difference between them and us, really.\n\nWhoever has to lead the funeral, be it the Husband, Wife,  Son or Daughter, really don't do much "Learning".  \n\nWhen the cremation is to be done, the Governmental Priest reads out the last rites rather mechanically, because he's been doing that for a long time, and the conveyor belt takes in the coffin and then, after awhile, you get the ashes.\n\nThis is what I saw in a couple of funerals I had to attend there.\n\nBanares is more of a Tourist kind of thing than really "holy".\n\nAt least that's what my Hindu friends there told me.\n\nIt's impractical to try taking the body there because [a] there's the Law about how long you can keep the body reposing in State. [b] Airlines will not accept even the ashes being brought aboard on Health Grounds. [c] Hearses will not undertake such a long journey.  And [d] Most people cannot afford this luxury.\n\nFacts are, unfortunately, very mundane.\n\nSorry if I pricked your balloon of Imagination.\n\nPS,\n\nI'm not surprised that you couldn't find any material on this; because it doesn't exist.
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traditionally, christmas is not celebrated by Hindus. however, due to westernization of the country, plus the fact that Christmas is a world-recognized holiday (whether for religious reasons or not), it has become more popular in India amongst Hindus to celebrate. Of course, the Christian families in India have always celebrated Christmas by attending their local churches, decorating with lights and inviting family and friends over. Nowadays, even Hindus celebrate Christmas with family and friends,and some more open-minded ones even attend church that day. Hindus believe in celebrating god, no matter what shape or form.
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:}\nA Hindu celebration\nWorship directed to Pasupati is idolatry. western Christians are attracted to the idea and exotic nature of eastern religion, while Hindus in India are coming to the Lord in waves of increasing numbers.
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Hindus rever cow. They do not worship it. Her milk is used in various forms and it is just a way of Saying thanks in Hinduism.\n\nNow think of some question with a little depth.\n\nOh And buffeloes, yes they get their share of respet , along with various other animals.\n\nHinduism is a nature loving religion and everything in nature is respected one way or another-- Animals, Mountains, rivers, trees.....
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Well I am a Hindu, but I don't even know how to really define what a Hindu is.  Hindus can believe in a wide variety of things and can practice many different things, and can still be considered Hindus.  So how would I even go about determining what percentage I follow?\n\nI believe in the Hindu Scriptures.  I worship all the Gods and Goddesses as manifestations of the One Supreme.  I only go to a temple occasionally but this is because of the distance from my home.  I have murtis at home that I use for worship, but I do not regularly do the normal puja.  I am limited in what I am able to do because I live with my parents and they do not approve of (or know about) my Hindu faith.  I would practice more if I were able.\n\nBut in my heart, I'm very "Hindu" I believe, even though I am Western.  My soul just wants to follow God, and it doesn't "care" so much about the method or the particular religion, just so long as it is the one that leads it most closely to it's Love, which is the Lord.
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hinduism is not a religion inwestern sence. it is a culture and includes the beliefs of whole india. hindu=indu=indian.\n\nthere is know known origin. its oldest beliefs go way back. even before bronze age.\n\nbuddha started his preachings in Sarnath, Varanasi.\n\nSikhism was organised by Guru govind Singh in punjab. he started is as martial branch of hinduism to fight muslims agaist percecution of hindus.
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Hinduism. it still includes mother goddess, sun, fire worship and shamans. \n\nwe call it Sanatana dharma. it includes most ancient traditions. yet always modifying itself according to changing ideas. still retaining old traditions and beliefs.\n\nstill for religious practices pots made of bronze are supposed auspicious. that was the first metal man used. \n\nHinduism has a continuous evolution tradition. but it never negated or disregarded earlier beliefs. it just modifies them. \n\nyou want to study religious evolution of man study hinduism. it will go back to stone age and latest off shoot of hinduism Sikh Panth is hardly 400 yers old.
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the hindu religion is basically a very conservative religion. It involves several gods,festivals,prayers,rituals and other such stuff. It is actually quite a fun religion too. I am hindu, and i love my religion.
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Hinduism is very diverse and has many different groups. It is not organized into a central body, thus there are millions of leaders in Hinduism. Every individual Math, Ashram, Temple, etc has its own leaders. Hinduism isn't concerned about 'power' or 'authority'.
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Your bias is classic. Get some education, now. \n\nReally what is your problem with hindus?\n\n Afraid of their deep philosophical thoughts?\n\n Are they are not converting to your beliefs fast enough?\n\n Will it work if I sprincle some of that holy water on you along with a prayer to christ? Will anti hindu sentiments which possess you will leave you alone and let your brains take hold again?
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Hinduism is not a religion.\nIt is a collection of thoughts and beliefs gathered over thousands of years.\nThey have hundreds of Gods and hundreds of different theories.\nEvery region in India has a differnt following for a particular God and follow different rituals.\nHinduism has evolved with time. Because people have made changes according to thier wishes.\nEven Jesus and Mohammad (PBUT) are considered Avatars or forms of thier God.
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Cow was very important in ancient hindu civilisation. As per true Hindu spirit, hindus gave special respect to cow as it gave them milk, her offsprings used in farming.  So besides respecting rivers to give them water, and trees to give them fruits, hindus gave a special status to cow and forbade its killing for eating purpose.\n\nMany westerners spread the rumour that hindus worship cow as God, is not correct.  Hindus respect cows as angles...for obvious reasons and protected her to protect the old hindu civilisation
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I thought Hinduism was the dominant religion there... if you are talking about the sport... back in the day India was a British colony... cricket is a British sport... makes sense to me.
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The beliefs of others are always viewed critically and found to be mythology, while one's own mythology is viewed as fact.\n\nWhat I like about the Hindu god is that you can't corner it, you can't trap it, you can't blaspheme against it because, well, because it's god. The Hindus have one of the highest concepts of god on the planet, and if people think it's stupid because there are cows involved then they simply lack the ability to understand what "infinite" means. That's why such people are limited to worshiping a finite anthropomorphic god made in their own image.