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IAS General Studies - Religions Of The World (Every aspirant must read)

           RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD 

1.Christianity 
• Founder              :-     Jesus Christ(4bc to Ad29),born in Judea.
Followed in          : -  Spread all over the world
Sacred text           : -   Holy Bible
Sacred Place        : - Jerusalem
Place of worship: - Church
Sects                      :- Catholics and Protestants
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2:-Islam 
•Founder               :- Prophet Mohammed (Ad570-632),born in Mecca.
Founded in           :- AD 622
Followed in           :- Spread all over the world
Sacred text            :- Quran (words of God ),Hadith (collection of prophet's saying ).
Sacred places        :- Mecca
Place of Worship  :- Masjid (Mosque)
Sects                        :- Sunnis and Shias
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3:-Hinduism
•Founder                :- Ancient Sagas
Founded in            :- 1500BC
Followed in           :- India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, Sri lanka, South Africa
Sacred text            :- The Vedas, Upnashids, Bhagwat Gita, Epic of Ramayna and Mahabharta.
Place of worship  :- Temple
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4:- Judaism (Religion of Hebrews)
• Founder              :- Moses (born in Egypt)
Founded in           :- 1300BC
Followed              :-  Worldwide, with concentration in Israel and United States
Sacred text          :- Hals,found particularly in five books of the bible :commentry on Torah known as Talmud and Midrash
Sacred places      :- Jerusalem
Place of worship :- Syanagogue
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5:- Taoism 
• Founder            :- Lao-tse,a chinese philospher
Founded in         :- 6th cen BC
Followed in         :- China, Taiwan, Singapore,Vietnam
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6:-Sikhism 
Founder              :- Guru Nanak (1469-1539)
Founded in AD 1500
Followed In       :- India, Canada
Sacred text        :- Guru Grath Sahib
Sacred place     :- Golden Temple Amritsar
Place of Worship: - GuruDwara
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7:-Buddhism 
Founder              :- Goutam Sidhartha Buddha
Founded in          :- 525BC
Followed in          :- China, Tibet, Korea, Mangolia, Nepal, Bhutan ,India, Mayamar,Srilanka
Sacred text            :- Tripatika
Sacred places         :- Lumbini (Nepal) Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
Place of Worship   :- Vihar(Temple), and Monastery (where monks reside)
Sects                          :- Mahayana and Hinyana

[There are many more prominent religions in world such as Zoroastrianism,Shintoism,Confucianism,Jainism and many more about which we will discuss in neat post ]
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