ART & CULTURE

DONE BY

VINOTHKUMAR.M
 INDIAN CULTURE
Important art and culture in “Hindustani”
RELIGIONS
 FOUNDATION OF INDIAN CULTURE
• “INDIA is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.”

• VANDE MATARAM- I bow to thee, Mother"

• Composed by “Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s”

• Written in Bengali and Sanskrit

 FREEDOM OF REGION

SECULAR COUNTRY -FREEDOM OF RELIGION

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 HINDUISM

• It is the oldest religion in the world .

• It existed for 5,000 years.
• Considered as collection of sacred texts.
• Trusted book “Bhagavad Gita”

HINDUISM

‘Shaiva’ ‘Vaishnava’ ‘Smarta’ ‘Shakta’

 CHRISTIANITY
• it different denominations
1. Roman Catholicism,
2.Oriental Orthodox Christianity
3.Protestantism.
• It expanded in the 15th Century
• Most Catholics reside in South india (Kerala & Goa)
• Trusted holy book “BIBLE”
 ISLAM
• Second largest region in india.
• The largest concentration is(47% muslims)
• Trused book “Quran”
• India has four sects of Muslims, namely:

Shia Dawoodi
Ahmadiyya
muslims Bohra Quranists
islam

4 sects
 SIKHISM
• Recognizes all humans as equal
• central teaching in Sikhism
“the belief in the concept of the oneness of God”

• Few religious prohibitions in Sikhism.

Cuting hair
Worthless talks
Sacrifice of creatures
Eating meat killed in a ritualistic manner (Kutha meat)
 BUDDHISM

• ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now Bihar)

• teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama(called “Buddha”)
• its origin in around 13th century
• modern times, two major branches of Buddhism exist

Buddhism

Theravāda Mahāyāna
 JAINISM
• its roots from the Indus Valley Civilization
• derived from a Sanskrit verb “JIN” which means “conquer”

• 5th century BCE,

influential teachers
of Jainism

• Vardhamana Mahāvīra
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