Christianity in India
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Christianity is India's third-largest religion with 28 million adherents, who make up 2.3 percent of the population, according to the 2011 census. Nearly two-thirds of India's Christians are found in
Saint Thomas Christian cross from the 9th-century St George's Church, Kadamattom, Kerala
Saint Thomas Christians or Syrian Christians of ancient days from an old painting
Mar Thoma Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, at Muziris, is believed to be the first Christian church built in India, circa 52 AD.
Stained glass window of Thomas the Apostle, the traditional founder of Indian Christianity, in his namesake St Thomas CNI church, the 300-year-old Cathedral of Mumbai (Bombay)
Religion in India
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Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontine
Christianity in India
…Christianity is India's third-largest religion with 28 million adherents, who make up 2.3 percent of the population, according to the 2011 census. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of India's Christians…
Goddess Meenakshi with consort Shiva and brother Vishnu inside the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Muslim men in an Islamic library in Delhi
St. Philomena's Cathedral in Mysore, Karnataka, is one of the tallest churches in Asia.
A Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab