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religion & language of India
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Religion |
India probably has the most religious diversity in
any country. It’s the birthplace of Hinduism,
Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. It’s among the few
places to have a resident Zoroastrian population.
The Syrian Christian Church is well established in
Kerala; the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, old
churches in Calcutta and Delhi, synagogues in Kerala,
temples from the tiny to the tremendous, ‘stupas’,
‘gompas’ and the Bodhi tree, the Ajmer Sharif and
Kaliya Sharif in Bombay, all reflect the amazing
multiplicity of religious practice in India. Tribal
people in the northeast, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
practice forms of nature worship.
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language |
The national language of India is Hindi, which in
one form or another is spoken all over the north. In
the Deccan (south India), the languages are
completely different. The states were formed on the
basis of language so each has its own. On the whole
though, dialects, accents, idioms and linguistic
flourishes change every few miles. There are 18
official languages but over a thousand recognised
dialects. English is widely spoken.
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