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Hinduism is a more modern form of the Brahmanical religion (primitive religion of India, source of religious traditions that reached its apogee in the Vedic period, between 1500-500 B.C, whose followers only believed in Brahma).
Hinduism arose in India around 1750 B.C. It does not have a single founder, as well as prophets or an institutional structure. It is estimated that the Aryan peoples who invaded India, brought in their culture the first gods.
Most Hinduists believe in many gods, so it is essentially a polytheistic creed. Some of these are Brahaman, Vishnu, Shiva, Sarasvati, Indra, Lakshmi, Kali and Krishna. However, a single underlying reality nucleates the creed: at the time of death, the soul reincarnates and it is reborn in another body (samsara). In this way, people who lead a correct life are reborn in a higher life, while those who do not, will do so in a lower life. This is, then, the law of karma. Thus, the ultimate goal is to free oneself from the cycle of reincarnations in order to attain liberation (moksha).
The religious practices of Hinduism have complex public and domestic rites that are related to the rhythms of life and nature: purifying ablutions in sacred waters of rivers, daily visits to temples to practice worship, recitation or repetition of mantras of power magic, pilgrimage to holy places, participation in a great number of religious festivals. We must also consider the great veneration that Hindus have to all forms of life, especially the cow, producer of milk to which the Rig Beda attributes a divine origin.
It can be said that for the Hinduists followers, there is a transcendent sense of life that makes each of their acts something religious.
