explored different religions. Throughout the book‚ Pi explores three different religions Hindu‚ Catholic and Islam. He was born into a Hindu family and has been a part of the faith ever since. He said “I felt at home in a Hindu temple” p 60. His faithfulness to Hinduism did not change his curiosity towards exploring other religions. When Pi is only 14 years old‚ he goes to a Catholic church where he meets the priest and learns about the Catholic faith. Then about a year later‚ Pi discovers Islam from
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important ceremonies in all of Hinduism. Usually‚ Most Hindu marriages are arranged by the parents‚ although the children must also be happy with their chosen partner. During the ceremony marriage vows and promises are made around a sacred fire. The couple walk around the sacred fire four times. At the end of a Hindu wedding ceremony‚ the bride and groom take seven steps together around the sacred fire. These steps are the most significant action in a Hindu wedding. For each step they share a promise and
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Buddhism is believed to have originated about 2500 years ago‚ near 500 BC in on the border of Nepal and India. Its founder‚ Gautama Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) was raised in a well-to-do family and lived surrounded by excess. Though raised in this way‚ Siddhartha was not convinced of the true value of these material items. After seeing the “four sights” sent by the gods‚ Siddhartha "born a prince and raised in luxury‚ renounced the world at the age of 29 to search for an ultimate solution to the
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traditions and beliefs that evolved over a long period of time. I believe the Hindu religion is made up of its own diversity. Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion. It is one of the most complex religions. Hinduism is the traditional religion of India. Saguna Brahman is the ultimate God in Hindu religion. The tradition of Hinduism acknowledges that there are many paths which people may seek religious understanding. Hindu explains that everyone has the potential to achieve enlightenment. Sanatan
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Persian and Urdu poetry alongside those of Hindu mythology. The word kathak means "to tell a story". It is derived from the dance dramas of ancient India. Kathak arose from the fusion of Hindu and Muslim cultures that took place during the Mughal period. More than any other South Asian dance form‚ kathak expresses the aesthetic principles of Islamic culture. The origins of the kathak style lies in the traditional unfolding of Hindu myths by Brahmin priests called kathiks‚ who used mime and gesture
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Hinduism has shaped India’s culture in many ways. Hindu practices developed from the beliefs of many groups in India. The earliest records of Hinduism‚ the long Sanskrit hymns that the priests memorized‚ were Aryan. The basic ideas of Hinduism were brought into India by the Aryans at about 1500 B.C. Hinduism is the religion that is followed by nearly 85% of the Indian people. Hinduism doesn’t have one holy book like the Bible or Koran. They has many sacred writings which have contributed to the
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The Importance of Religion Religion is a believe that relates humanity to spirituality. One of the major themes in the novel ‘Life of Pi’ is religion and the significance and importance of it is portrayed throughout the novel. In the novel ‘Life of Pi’ by Yann Martel‚ Martel shows the importance of religion in Pi’s life‚ as religion helped Pi understand the nature of animals‚ also helped him in his daily life and helped keep Pi from giving up on life. Yann Martel portrays the events as real
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system is the traditional organization of Hindu society. It divides Indian into a hierarchy of hereditary groups called castes or jatis. In broad outline‚ marriage occurs only within caste (endogamy)‚ caste is fixed by birth‚ and each caste is associated with a traditional occupation‚ such as weaving or barbering. Hindu religious principles underlay the caste hierarchy and limit the ways that castes can interact. The caste system is connected to the Hindu concept of the four ‘Barnas’‚ which order
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"mathematics" lowercase‚ Vedic Mathematics (book) has "Mathematics" capitalised. For the actual mathematics of the Vedic period‚ see Sulba Sūtras and Indian mathematics. Vedic mathematics is a list of sixteen basic sūtras‚ or aphorisms‚ presented by a Hindu scholar and mathematician‚ Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja‚ during the early part of the 20th century.[1] While its author claimed it to be a system of mathematics‚ this is not generally accepted‚ and it is more generally regarded as a set of strategies
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INDIAN CIVILIZATION Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges
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