Claim: There were 897,861 Hindus (people who study Hinduism, an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth) in Odisha in 2001.
Evidence: Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life. Prominent themes in Hindu beliefs include the four Puruṣārthas, the proper goals or aims of human life; namely, dharma (ethics/duties), artha (prosperity/work), kama (desires/passions) and moksha (liberation/freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth/salvation), as well as karma (action, intent and consequences) and saṃsāra (cycle of death and rebirth).