
THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE IN HINDUISM
CONTINUITY
Increased access
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Technology has made Hindu scriptures accessible online and thus allows all to access knowledge regardless of caste and location.
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This expands peoples knowledge of Hinduism, whereby they are able to educate themselves of religion in the comfort of own home
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In Australia there was a significant increase in the religious affiliation with Hinduism since 2006; increasing from 148, 130 people to 275, 534 people in 2011.[1]
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The Internet: websites like ‘Hinduism Today’ produces news articles, online book and educational resources for schools.
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Also offer advice to Hindu parents and children on how to follow the religion
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Rituals and/or festivals
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Advertising for festivals can be done using technology
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Due to globalisation, these festivals are now seen to be celebrated all over the world.
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Travel technology has had an impact on pilgrimage (journey to shrine or other location of importance)- more accessibility to remote places that would traditionally take hours of walking. (Continuation of ritual, change in the way it is practiced)
Fundamentalism
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Fundamentalist Hindus reject the homogenising, westernising influence of globalisation and attempt to maintain or reinvent ‘traditional’ attitudes and ways of life within the religion.
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With the aid of technology, they create new movements that aim to develop India’s national identity around Hindu religion and culture eg. Promotion of Hindu fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- example of organized fundamentalist response to the perceived threat of globalisation
[1] 2011 Australian Census