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Hinduism in Indonesia

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Hasan Minhaj Explains the Difference between Hindus and Muslims

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FACT CHECK: 30,000-50,000 Indonesian Muslims Convert to Hinduism with Sukarno's Daughter?

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Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of former Indonesian president, converts to Hinduism from Islam

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"Indonesia embraces its Hindu heritage - Pakistan is still in denial about it." Tarek Fatah

Hinduism in Indonesia is practised by 1.7% of the total population, and by 83.5% of the population in Bali as of the 2010 census. Hinduism is one of the six official religions of Indonesia. Hinduism came to Indonesia in the first century through traders, and Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, became ingrained in the culture and worldview of the Javanese through the wayang kulit, specially during the Indianised Srivijaya and Majapahit empires. In 2010, there were an estimated total of over 4 million Hindus in Indonesia according to Indonesian census. The Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia disputed the census methodology, and estimated 18 million Hindus lived in Indonesia in 2005. In 2010, the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Government of Indonesia estimated that about 10 million Hindus lived on Indonesian islands, in contrast to the Indonesian official decadal census of over 4 million. Nevertheless as of 2017, Indonesia has the largest number of Hindus living in the region and outside of South Asia.
    • History 

    • General beliefs and practices 

    • Balinese Hinduism 

    • Javanese Hinduism 

    • Tengger Hindus of Java 

    • Osing Hindus of Java 

    • Hinduism elsewhere in the archipelago 

    • Demographics 

    • Hindu holidays in Indonesia 

    • Social life 

    • Tourism 

    • Symbolism