Sikhism, Jainism and Zoroastrianism

Sikhism is a religion in India and other countries. Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak in the 1500s. Only 1,94% of the Indian people believes in Sikhism. And that is about 16,3 million people. And most of those who believes in Sikhism lives in Punjab. Punjab is a state in northwestern India. But in most of the bigger cities in India there is a Sikh community. Sikh groups can be found in many different countries, also in Denmark. In overall Sikhism has about 18 million followers around the world.

Jainism is surprisingly also a religion in India. Jainism as founded in 527-599 BC. The Jainism has about 5,3 million followers around the world. 0,4% (3,4 million people) of India believes in Jainism. The place in India where you can find the most Jains is in and around Delhi. You can find the rest in USA, EastAfrican and Great Britain.

Zoroastrianism is a religion that were founded in the pre-Islamic Iran based on older Iranian religious traditions. Zoroastrianism is one of the practiced religions in the world. This religion is centered on a dualistic cosmology of good and evil, and an eschatology predicting the ultimate conquest of evil with theological elements of henotheism, monotheism and polytheism. Zoroastrianism was originated as early as 4000 years ago.