Home›South Asia›Principal TraditionBrowse ByPrincipal TraditionThis page groups sacred regions by the religions that actually treat them as holy. Wikipedia notes that "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam attach substantial spiritual value to the Holy Land." Browsing by principal-tradition lets a visitor find every region treated as holy by the same religions.FactsPrincipal TraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Principal TraditionFilter Results8 entriesParent RegionAllIndian Subcontinent (5)Principal Tradition OfAllBon (3)Buddhism (6)Christianity (1)Hinduism (6)Islam (6)Jainism (6)Sikhism (5)Zoroastrianism (3)Sacred ToAllBuddhism (5)Hinduism (5)Islam (4)Jainism (5)Sikhism (5)Modern AreaAllBhutan (3)China (3)India (8)Nepal (3)Pakistan (5)Sacred LanguagesAllArabic (6)Assamese (2)Avestan (4)Bengali (1)Enga (1)Gujarati (3)Hebrew (2)Kannada (4)Kashmiri (2)Malay (2)Malayalam (2)Marathi (4)Nepali (3)Prakrit (6)Sanskrit (7)Syriac (2)Tamil (2)Telugu (4)Tibetan (3)Urdu (4)Adherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)5,000,000 (1)30,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)4,000,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (4)National Census (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (6)Era of Decline Start YearAll651 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (2)Varies by Province (4)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (3)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-01-01 (1)2001-03-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (4)2011-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2020-01-01 (4)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (2)50 (1)632 (1)1100 (1)1708 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (2)600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1000 (1)1499 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (1)Marriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (2)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (4)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (4)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (8)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Dualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (4)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBonPrincipal Tradition1 entryBuddhismPrincipal Tradition8 entriesChristianityPrincipal Tradition1 entryHinduismPrincipal Tradition12 entriesIslamPrincipal Tradition10 entriesJainismPrincipal Tradition8 entriesSikhismPrincipal Tradition4 entriesZoroastrianismPrincipal Tradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: RegionsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.