Editing Indian religions (section)

==== Modern India (after 1800) ====
[[File:Mahamaham Festival in Kumbakonam.jpg|thumbnail|right|Mahamagam Festival is a holy festival celebrated once in twelve years in [[Tamil Nadu]]. Mahamagam Festival, which is held at [[Kumbakonam]]. This festival is also called as Kumbamela of South.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahamagam Festival |url=http://blessingsonthenet.com/indian-festival/festival/id/227/mahamagam-festival/ |access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Fairs and Festivals of India|page=326|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAbgAAAAMAAJ&q=maha+magam |author1=Madan Prasad Bezbaruah |author2=Krishna Gopal |author3=Phal S. Girota |year=2003 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-212-0809-3|access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref>]]
[[File:Kumbh Mela 2001.jpg|thumb|The largest religious gathering ever held on Earth, the 2001 [[Kumbh Mela|Maha Kumbh Mela]] held in [[Allahabad|Prayag]] attracted around 70 million Hindus from around the world.]]

===== Hinduism =====
{{Main|Hindu reform movements|Neo-Vedanta|Hindutva|Communalism (South Asia)}}

In the 19th century, under influence of the colonial forces, a synthetic vision of Hinduism was formulated by [[Raja Ram Mohan Roy]], [[Swami Vivekananda]], [[Sri Aurobindo]], [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]].{{sfn|King|1999}} These thinkers have tended to take an inclusive view of India's religious history, emphasising the similarities between the various Indian religions.{{sfn|King|1999}}

The modern era has given rise to dozens of Hindu saints with international influence.{{sfn|Michaels|2004|p={{page needed|date=March 2021}}}} For example, [[Brahma Baba]] established the Brahma Kumaris, one of the largest new Hindu religious movements which teaches the discipline of [[Raja Yoga]] to millions.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} Representing traditional [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]], [[Prabhupada]] founded the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]] movement, another organisation with a global reach. In late 18th-century India, [[Swaminarayan]] founded the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]. [[Anandamurti]], founder of the [[Ananda Marga]], has also influenced many worldwide. Through the international influence of all of these new Hindu denominations, many Hindu practices such as yoga, meditation, mantra, divination, and vegetarianism have been adopted by new converts.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

===== Jainism =====
{{See also|Hinduism and Jainism}}

Jainism continues to be an influential religion and Jain communities live in Indian states [[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]], and [[Tamil Nadu]]. Jains authored several classical books in different Indian languages for a considerable period of time.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

===== Buddhism =====
{{Main|Navayana}}

The Dalit Buddhist movement also referred to as [[Navayana]]<ref name="Buddhism in India : Challenging Brahmanism and Caste">Omvedt, Gail. ''Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste''. 3rd ed. London/New Delhi/Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2003. pp. 2, 3–7, 8, 14–15, 19, 240, 266, 271</ref> is a 19th- and 20th-century [[Buddhist]] revival movement in India. It received its most substantial impetus from [[B. R. Ambedkar]]'s call for the conversion of [[Dalit]]s to [[Buddhism]] in 1956 and the opportunity to escape the [[caste]]-based society that considered them to be the lowest in the hierarchy.<ref>{{Citation |title=Political Ideas in Modern India: thematic explorations |author1=Thomas Pantham |author2=Vrajendra Raj Mehta |author3=Vrajendra Raj Mehta |year=2006 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=0-7619-3420-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJejtAaonsEC&q=%22Self-respect+movement%22&pg=PA48 |access-date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918044504/https://books.google.com/books?id=KJejtAaonsEC&q=%22Self-respect+movement%22&pg=PA48 |url-status=live }}</ref>