- Kerala are a mixture of different faiths, most significantly
Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Kerala has a reputation of being,
communally
one of the most tolerant states in India. According to Census of India figures, 54.73% of Kerala's residents are Hindus, 26.56% are Muslims,
18.38% are Christians, and the remaining 0.32% follows other religion or no religion.
Kerala produced several saints and movements. Sabarimala is
one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, with an estimated over 100 million
devotees visiting every year. Malayali Hindus have unique ceremonies
such as Chorunu (first feeding of rice to a child) and Vidyarambham.
The modern theological orientations amongst the Muslims of
Kerala are primarily divided into three; Sunnis, Mujahids (Salafis) and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, though all these belong to the Sunni
branch of Islam.
The Jain religion was brought to the South in the third century BC by Changragupta Maurya and the Jain saint Bhadrabahu, according to Jain traditions. They came to Sravanabelgola in Mysore. The Jains came to Kerala with the rest of the Chera immigrants starting in the sixth century.
The idol of Buddha at Mavelikara is 4 feet (1.2 m) tall, and
is perhaps the biggest such statue in Kerala. The statue is in a
seated posture, resembling Padmasana. A feature common to the idol
is that hair has not been engraved on the head.
People who visits Churches in Kerala are huge in numbers and they method of praying Jesus is amazing and different.
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