Home›South Asia›Sacred ToBrowse BySacred ToThis page groups sacred regions by the specific worship they were built to hold. Wikipedia notes that "the Temple in Jerusalem ... was the central place of worship for Israelites and Jews and serves as the namesake of the Temple Mount." Browsing by sacred-to lets a visitor find every region built to hold the same worship.FactsSacred ToSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRegions 1Sacred ToFilter Results5 entriesParent RegionAllIndian Subcontinent (5)Principal TraditionAllBuddhism (5)Hinduism (5)Islam (5)Jainism (5)Sikhism (4)Principal Tradition OfAllBuddhism (5)Hinduism (5)Islam (5)Jainism (5)Sikhism (4)Modern AreaAllIndia (5)Sacred LanguagesAllArabic (5)Avestan (1)Bengali (1)Enga (1)Kannada (2)Kashmiri (2)Marathi (1)Prakrit (5)Sanskrit (5)Tamil (1)Telugu (1)Urdu (2)Adherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)30,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4,000,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (3)National Census (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (4)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (3)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)2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2011-03-01 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2020-01-01 (3)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (2)632 (1)1708 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)610 (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)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (2)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismSacred To3 entriesHinduismSacred To10 entriesIslamSacred To2 entriesJainismSacred To4 entriesSikhismSacred To1 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.