Hinduism doesn 't have a prophet, or even an exact place or origin. Rather, it 's estimated, as the oldest living religion, as originating in the Indus Valley in India. Since then, it has spread to Asia, and other places as well. Their sacred text is Veda. Hinduism varies greatly in what you 're allowed to believe, and often shares parts of itself with other religions (such as Buddhism), but there are three main splinter groups: Vaishnavas, Shaivas, and Shaktas. The Hindu Gods are actually more parts of one God with many multiple personalities, and the three splinter groups previously written are only three parts of the many, many personalities that this God has. One can choose to worship the supreme God, or just one, or a few, of the personalities. It 's not really considered polytheism though because the different Gods are just different personalities of one God. Or it can be polytheism. It 's whatever you want. Sacred symbols are the aum symbol, a bindi, linga, lotus flower, pratik, swastika, tilak, trisula and yantra symbol. There are many holy sites, and the main ones are the Seven Holy Towns and Four Holy Dhamas. Hindus believe in, keyly, a form of reincarnation, karma, and
Hinduism doesn 't have a prophet, or even an exact place or origin. Rather, it 's estimated, as the oldest living religion, as originating in the Indus Valley in India. Since then, it has spread to Asia, and other places as well. Their sacred text is Veda. Hinduism varies greatly in what you 're allowed to believe, and often shares parts of itself with other religions (such as Buddhism), but there are three main splinter groups: Vaishnavas, Shaivas, and Shaktas. The Hindu Gods are actually more parts of one God with many multiple personalities, and the three splinter groups previously written are only three parts of the many, many personalities that this God has. One can choose to worship the supreme God, or just one, or a few, of the personalities. It 's not really considered polytheism though because the different Gods are just different personalities of one God. Or it can be polytheism. It 's whatever you want. Sacred symbols are the aum symbol, a bindi, linga, lotus flower, pratik, swastika, tilak, trisula and yantra symbol. There are many holy sites, and the main ones are the Seven Holy Towns and Four Holy Dhamas. Hindus believe in, keyly, a form of reincarnation, karma, and