GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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to provide faith to people in distress
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to bring people closer
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harmonizing
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all of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Four religions-Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism-account for over 77% of the world’s population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the remaining 9, 000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emile Durkheim identified three major functions of religion: Religion unites people, promoting social cohesion; it encourages people to obey cultural norms, promoting conformity; it gives meaning and purpose to life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout India’s history, religion has been an important part of the country’s culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world’s major religions, namely, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian Religions.