Who is the first god in the world according to Hinduism?
Brahma
Brahma is the first god in the Hindu triumvirate, or trimurti. The triumvirate consists of three gods who are responsible for the creation, upkeep and destruction of the world. The other two gods are Vishnu and Shiva. Vishnu is the preserver of the universe, while Shiva’s role is to destroy it in order to re-create.
Why is Hinduism said to have no founder?
Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs. Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region.
Why is Sanskrit our mother language?
“It’s our mother language, the root of all our languages,” says Usha Ram, the school principal. “All over the world people try to preserve their traditions. Why not in India?” Sanskrit is a language which belongs to the Indo-Aryan group and is the root of many, but not all Indian languages.
Is Sanskrit spoken in every Indian state?
But Sanskrit is now spoken by less than 1\% of Indians and is mostly used by Hindu priests during religious ceremonies. It’s one of the official languages in only one Indian state, Uttarakhand in the north, which is dotted with historical Hindu temple towns.
Why is the Indian government so obsessed with reviving Sanskrit?
But reviving the ancient language, which is so closely linked to Hinduism and Hindu religious texts, has always been a pet project for the BJP, the right-wing party that leads the new Indian government. In May, several of its new cabinet ministers chose to take their oath of office in Sanskrit.
Are the new Indo-Aryan languages similar to Sanskrit?
There is an extensive overlap in the vocabulary, phonetics and other aspects of these New Indo-Aryan languages with Sanskrit, but it is neither universal nor identical across the languages. They likely emerged from a synthesis of the ancient Sanskrit language traditions and an admixture of various regional dialects.