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The religion of Hinduism started around 6,000 years ago, about 1500 B.C. In this religion there are no known founders, but there are many religious leaders such as Gandhi, a famous Hindu leader,and Pandits, or priests. Also rulers, warriors, artisans, merchants, storekeepers, and unskilled workers could be religious leaders in the Hindu religion.

Places of worship in Hinduism are either temples or shrines. Most Hindus use Shrines in their homes to worship from home instead of going to a temple. The religion began in Northern India. Today it is practiced all over the world but mostly in India. There are many religious beliefs in the Hindu religion. They believe that their homes should have shrines so they can worship from home. They also believe in reincarnation and karma. Reincarnation is the cycle of life after death which is based on how good or bad your karma is. They say that if you have bad karma you end up going through reincarnation.

This religion has a god but he is worshiped in many different ways and doesn't have a specific name.There are almost 200,000 gods and goddesses in this religion. Also Gandhi was considered a god too. The sacred writings are in the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata contains eighteen sections of poems and instructions of worship. There are many religious practices in the religion of Hinduism including when a baby is born they take a gold ring and dip it in Ghee Honey and apply it to the baby's lips. They also believe in marriage and reading the Mahabharata. ==

In the Hinduism religion there are many religious holidays including Holi, which is a day celebrating the coming of spring. When they celebrate Holi they splatter colored liquid to show springs bright colors. Also in the Hindu religion there's a holiday for everyday of the year. Main symbols in this religion are the Aum, the Bindi, the Linga, the Om, the Lotus, the Pratik, the Swastika, and the Yantra. Those are only a few of the religious symbols in the Hindu religion. The Swastika is also similar to the Nazi symbol.

Some o ther holidays include: ==
 * Rama Navani
 * Dassera
 * Shiva
 * Ganesh
 * Raksabandhana
 * Holi

Hinduism also has four vedas or four books. The the first Veda contains 1,028 poems called montras. The other three called Yajar, sama, and atharva contain instructions, prayers, and hymns of the Hindu religion.

The last Veda contains:
 * Spells of the Hindu religion
 * Charms
 * Magic Formulas

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