Religion

A religion is a system of human thought which usually includes a set of

narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life

through reference to a higher power, deity or deities, or ultimate truth.[

World map of major religion of the world

Christianity

• Christianity began as a Jewish sect[8][9] and is classified as an Abrahamic religion.[10][11][12] Originating in the eastern Mediterranean, it quickly grew in size and influence over a few decades, and by the 4th century had become the dominant religion within the Roman Empire.

Vatican city is a nation with 44 hectare area. and main hub of

roman catholic sects

Christian sects

• Most of the Christian depicted in Hindi cinema are roman catholic. The main reason is majority of roman Catholics in Mumbai as well as proximity to GOA. That was Portuguese colony.

Image of Christ • Though Jesus was not of Caucasian

race. but he was depicted as a blond man by European painters

Real image

Using methods similar to those police have developed to solve crimes, British scientists, assisted by Israeli archeologists, have re-created what they believe is the most accurate image (above) of the most famous face in human history

Religion and art

• Religion played an important part in formation of art practices . Most of the best art-creation are religious depiction .Michael Angelo, the most famous sculptor of history show us what's his [perception of about god and creation in his famous painting “creation of Adam”

Creation of Adam

Pieta

Zoroastrianism • Zoroastrianism is also an old religion. it

originated in Iran.After the Muslim invasion Zoroastrians also

known as parsis ,migrated to India and settled in west cost.

The supreme god of parsis is AHUR MAZDA.

.parsis played a very important role in the making of modern India .

.J.R.D. TATA,field marshal manekshaw ,homi jahangir bhabha,ardeshir irani are some well known parsis in india.

Parsis who came to india from iran in 19th century have surname”irani”like actor”Boman irani.

First film ever made in persian language was made by an indian parsi Ardeshir irani. The title of film was “lor girl”

• Though depiction of human figure is strictly prohibited in Islam but some painter even made a image of prophet Mohammed .the publication of prophet's cartoon in a Danish newspaper created controversy. Media persons should always avoid these types of depiction.

Cartoons of prophet

“prophet" by a Russian painter

• Visual arts always played an important role in making our perception about religious imagery.

• Here are some examples of Vishnu image

• How his image changed with times

Ancient vishnu-8century

Modern age Vishnu

• Can you point out .what are the major changes in both images?

• And what are the reason how image of Vishnu changed with the course of time?

Indeed Hinduism is a group of sects

• The main divisions in current Hinduism are Shaivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smartism.

Arya Samaj Brahmo Samaj

Parisada Hindu Dharma Prarthana Samaj

Ramakrishna Mission Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Swadhyay Movement

Swaminarayan Sampraday Sathya Sai Organisation

Islam is second major religion of world

• Sang-e-aswad is a pious stone

• When pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj, many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that it, according to Islamic lore, received from the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[4] If they cannot reach it, they point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba.[5]

Buddhism and Jainism are 2 major religion which started in india 5th

century b.c.• Both religion challenged the supremacy of

Brahmanism .

• With liberal and people friendly attitude Buddhism became the world religion with its expansion to far east Japan and china. on the other hand due to hard ascetic practices, Jainism was always limited to India.

• Gotam Buddha is most depicted man in world art history. Even the hindi word:BOOT means statue . became the synonym for statues

Greater india

• Hinduism also spread to east Asia and east Asian culture is heavily influenced by Indian culture. South east dances still resemblance Hindu effect.

• A view of apsara dance from Cambodia

Biggest Hindu temple in the world is in Cambodia

Temple on Cambodian flag

• Can you identify how Hindi cinema have created stereotypes of particular religions like parsis, Christians, and Muslims?