What is Hinduism in Sri Lanka?
{{Infobox religious group|name=Sri Lankan Hindus|flag={{Flag|Sri Lanka}}|image=Ravanan_-_King_of_Lanka.jpg|population=2,561,299 (2012)<br/>'''12.6%''' of country population|religions='''[[Hinduism]]'''}} [[Hinduism]] is a one of the minority religion in [[Sri Lanka]] and is second most followed religion after [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buddhism in Sri Lanka: A Short History|url=https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/perera/wheel100.html|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.accesstoinsight.org}}</ref> Hinduism is followed by nearly 12.6% of total population as of 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing 2011|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.statistics.gov.lk|archive-date=2018-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211239/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of them are [[Tamils]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bradley|first=Mark|date=2018|title=Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus and other Tamis in the Montréal diaspora|url=https://core.ac.uk/display/162675443|language=en-gb}}</ref> == Practise == Most [[Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan]] Hindus follow the [[Shaiva Siddhanta]] school of [[Shaivism]], and some follow [[Shaktism]]. [[Sri Lanka]] is home to the five abodes of Shiva: Pancha Ishwarams, holy places built by [[Ravana|King Ravana]]. Murugan is one of the country's most popular Hindu deities, venerated by Hindu Tamils also the Buddhist Sinhalese and Aboriginal Veddas venerate the local rendition of the deity, Katharagama deviyo.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nrXAAAAMAAJ|title=Walking to Kataragama|last=Goonasekera|first=Sunil|date=2007|publisher=International Centre for Ethnic Studies|isbn=978-955-580-110-2|pages=250|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Obeyesekere|first=Gananath|date=1977|title=Social Change and the Deities: Rise of the Kataragama Cult in Modern Sr