Hinduism

Hinduism is a Polytheistic Dharmic religion, which was founded thousands of years ago. It's older than even Egyptian Paganism, according to some sources. It is unknown who originally founded Hinduism. Hinduism is the third largest religion on Earth, and while not to the extent of Christianity, Islam, or Buddhism, it does have some growing numbers on Equus as well, mostly on Zebrica.
== Main Beliefs ==
Hinduism is polytheistic, meaning they believe in multiple gods, as opposed to one, like in Islam and Christianity. 
The Gods in Hinduism include Shiva, the God of Time and Destruction, Vishnu, the God of Preservation, Brahma, the God of Creation, Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge, Lakshmi, the Mother Goddess, and Parvati, the Goddess of Power. There are various others.
Prominent themes in Hindu beliefs include (but are not restricted to) Dharma (ethics/duties), saṃsāra (the continuing cycle of entanglement in passions and the resulting birth, life, death, and rebirth), Karma (action, intent, and consequences), moksha (liberation from attachment and saṃsāra), and the various yogas (paths or practices). However, not all of these themes are found among the various different systems of Hindu beliefs. Beliefs in moksha or saṃsāra are absent in certain Hindu beliefs, and were also absent among early forms of Hinduism, which was characterized by a belief in an Afterlife, with traces of this still being found among various Hindu beliefs, such as Śrāddha. Ancestor worship once formed an integral part of Hindu beliefs and is today still found as an important element in various Folk Hindu streams.
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