Interesting facts of Hinduism

1) Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world after Christianity and Islam.

2) 108 is a sacred number in Hinduism and it is considered auspicious because the average distance of the Sun and the Moon to Earth is 108 times their respective diameters.

3) Buddhism and Sikhism were both derived from Hinduism.

4) The original name in Sanskrit for Hinduism is Sanātana Dharma. The word Hindu or Indu was used by Greeks to describe the people living around the Indus River.

5) Om, also Aum is the most sacred syllable, symbol or mantra in Hinduism. It is often chanted before a mantra or independently. Om is thought to be the sound of the Universe or Brahman as sound.

6) The Kumbh Mela is the largest spiritual gathering in the world.

7) The largest Hindu temple in the world is not in India but in Cambodia.

8) Nepal was formed by a Hindu saint, Ne Muni.

9) Rig Veda,one of the four Vedas is one of the oldest written books.

10) There Is No Founder of Hinduism.

11) Hinduism believes in a circular concept of the timeline rather than a linear concept. Right now we are in Kali-yuga. At the end of Kali Yuga, an apocalypse will come to destruct anything and everything for the recreation of the Universe and Multiverse.