For children: Sikhs, the turbaned people of India India is one
of the most intensely religious areas in the world. This might
explain why in recent weeks there have been outbursts of
religious tension between Muslims and Hindus in and around the
city of Bombay.Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the
Monitor Fierce clashes have also erupted between troops of the
Indian government and supporters of the Sikh religion in that
part of northern India known as the Punjab. This vast country,
which has the largest number of people on earth after China, has
many claims to religious fame. India, for instance, was the
birthplace of Buddhism. This Oriental religion, which never
really took hold in India, claims about 250 million followers in
the world. India is also the motherland of Hinduism. As a world
religion it ranks third with 457 million followers after
Christianity (over 1 billion) and Islam (548 million). Although
only 11 percent of India's 850 million are Muslims, that is to
say followers of the Islamic re