Jainism and Buddhism spread quickly through India because they offered equality. The previous social system was the caste system, and so when Buddhism and Jainism were introduced, it was most popular among the poor, because it offered a chance to be equal to the wealthy. They were also popular among women.
jainism
Jainism is practiced all over the world, however, most of its followers reside in India
jainism, budhism,christianity****Jainism and Sikhism would be most closely related.
Its called Jainism. Derived from the word jina which means to conquor.. Mahavira got d title of Jina after he got the Kaivalya gyana, which means the supreme truth. though the orthodox jains belive that there were 24 tirthankars who founded and preached jainism, mahavira was the last and the most popular one, also, he brought many changes to the old jainism.
Yes, of course! The most popular festival of Jains all round the world is Paryushan Parva, which they believe to be an eternal festival. Besides these some other festivals like Diwali, Rakshabandhan, Mahaveer jayanti etc. have their own importance and significance in Jainism.
Only India.
CHRISTIANITY is the least popular religion in India.
Yes and no. Out of overall 1,028,610,328 population of India jain population makes up for 4.2 million people. In the USA the Jainism makes altogether about 180.000 to 200.000 people. So, in the worldwide sense, no it's not really popular.
Jainism seems to be most strongly concerned about breaking the power of bondage to the physical world. And as such they have code of conducts. This code of conduct is expressed in the twelve vows.
Pakistan,Saudi and Oman
The founder of Jainism is Mahavira. He is considered to be the last Tirthenkara or teacher of Jainism.