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title: "Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You"  
description: "Want to know more about Hinduism? Here are Interesting Facts about Hinduism that you probably didn’t know before reading this!"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1690/interesting-facts-about-hinduism-that-might-surprise-you  
category: "religion"  
tags: ["Hinduism", "Hindu", "religion", "religious", "facts", "Hindu facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You

![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/5876446a-ea73-4345-8f79-8e51b1978a0a.jpeg) ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/f6bce7c9-37e6-4a8a-8260-a325936a2d9b.jpeg) The Rig Veda is the oldest known book in the world ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/9d5e2be2-1afb-4687-aad9-d471ab58ea8a.jpeg) 108 is considered a sacred number ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/f1d1f6a0-7e04-4b2d-b53c-501a4a891c86.jpeg) It’s the third largest religion in the world ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/944f6df4-8c3b-40b2-8c83-01f08586b3ef.jpeg) Hindu belief says that gods can take many forms ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/8616b9d6-3066-43e0-b824-22dbabc4b1d2.jpeg) Sanskrit is the most commonly used language in Hindu texts ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/550df3ef-8d71-47bb-9502-6012c42db496.jpeg) Hinduism believes in a circular concept of time ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/6fae6078-496e-4596-8fc6-e41eea534fc1.jpeg) There is no single founder of Hinduism ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/a9bee889-d061-49ff-9266-ed35f5514c13.jpeg) The original name in Sanskrit for Hinduism is Sanātana Dharma. ![Interesting Facts About Hinduism That Might Surprise You](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8c0ca608-3d97-486e-9690-b5544c8260c6/images/56df1f6c-27e1-4f81-8039-f026120d7c24.jpeg) Hinduism encourages a vegetarian diet Ahimsa is a moral principle which can be found in the Hindu faith

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