Hinduism also referred to as Santana Dharma (eternal spiritual path) began roughly 4000 years ago in India. Hinduism was the religion of ancient people known as the Aryans whose knowledge, religion and customs were documented in their sacred texts known as the Vedas.
The Vedas is regarded as the earliest written record of Indo-Aryan Civilization and it is the most sacred book of India . The Vedas is the original scriptures of Hindu teachings which contains spiritual knowledge involving …show more content…
Veda means wisdom, knowledge or vision and it helps to show the language of the gods in human speech. The laws of the Vedas have balanced the social, legal, domestic and religious practices of Hindus up to the current day. All the mandatory duties of Hindus at birth, marriage and death are lead by Vedic rituals.
Opposed to other established religions, in Hinduism, it is not required for a person to visit a temple. Since all Hindu homes usually have a small shrine or a prayer room known as a ‘Puja room’ for daily prayers. Hindus normally go to temples on special occasions or during religious festivals. The Hindu temples are also not an essential role in marriages and funerals, however it is often used as a meeting place for religious discourses as well as bhajans and kirtans (religious songs and chants).
In the Vedic age, there were no temples and the main item of devotion was the fire that stood for God. This divine fire was lit on a platform in the open air under the sky, and gifts were offered to the fire. It’s not certain when precisely the Indo-Aryans first initiated building temples for