Diversity of Indian Religion

Submited By Manishi Sharma Sunitha Kumari Baitharu

Diversity of Indian Religion

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

Manishi Sharma Sunitha Kumari Baitharu

in partial fulfilment for Advanced GIS Platform Programming GIS 512

NIIT UNIVERSITY, Neemrana, Rajasthan

May 27,2013

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to my guide Dr. Prasad A. Pathak for his exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the project. I also take this opportunity to express a deep sense of gratitude to faculty members of NIIT University, for his cordial support, valuable information and guidance, which helped me in completing this task through various stages.

Lastly, I thank our batch mate and friend Ramya M.B for her help without which this project would not be possible.

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Contents Abstract ................................................................................................................. 5 Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................... 8 Background ........................................................................................................ 8 Objective: ........................................................................................................... 9 Hinduism:........................................................................................................ 9 Islam................................................................................................................ 9 Sikhism ......................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 2 Methodology .................................................................................... 110 Chapter 3 Process and Results ............................................................................ 13 Add Temples:................................................................................................ 15 Add Church:.................................................................................................. 15 Add Mosque and Dargahs: ........................................................................... 16 Join/Add database: ........................................................................................ 17 Online server :............................................................................................... 22

List of Tables Table 1SoftwareUsed .......................................................................................... 11 Table 2List of Religions...................................................................................... 12

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List of Figures Figure 1 India Religions Bar Graph ...................................................................... 8 Figure 2Google Earth Image 1 ............................................................................ 13 Figure 3Google Earth Image 2 ............................................................................ 13 Figure 4 Adding India Layer ............................................................................... 14 Figure 5 Adding Temples ................................................................................... 15 Figure 6 Adding Church ..................................................................................... 15 Figure 7 Add Mosque and Dargahs: ................................................................... 16 Figure 8Add Gurudwara ..................................................................................... 16 Figure 9 Table Join ............................................................................................. 17 Figure 10 Religion data ....................................................................................... 18 Figure 11 Adding Pushpin .................................................................................. 19 Figure 12 Publish step1 ....................................................................................... 19 Figure 13 Publish step2 ....................................................................................... 20 Figure 14Publish step3 ........................................................................................ 20 Figure 15 Publish step4 ....................................................................................... 21 Figure 16 Publish step5 ....................................................................................... 21 Figure 17 Publish step5 ....................................................................................... 22 Figure 18Publish step6 ........................................................................................ 22 Figure 19Publish step7 ........................................................................................ 23 20 Publish step8 .................................................................................................. 23 Figure 21Publish step9 ........................................................................................ 24 Figure 22 Publish step10 ..................................................................................... 24 Figure 23 Codding1 ............................................................................................ 25 Figure 24 Coding 1 ............................................................................................. 26 Figure 25 Codding2 ............................................................................................ 26 Figure 26 Website Home Page ........................................................................... 26 Figure 27 Coding 3 ............................................................................................. 27 Figure 28 Coding 4 ............................................................................................. 27 Figure 29 Coding 5 ............................................................................................. 27 Figure 30 List of religion in webpage ................................................................. 28 Figure 31 Codding 6 ........................................................................................... 28 Figure 32 Religion Detail in website .................................................................. 29 Figure 33 Location Showing ............................................................................... 29 Figure 34 Codding 7 ........................................................................................... 30 Page 5 of 36

Figure 35 Detail about selction ........................................................................... 30 Figure 36 Codding 8 ........................................................................................... 31 Figure 37 Coding 9 ............................................................................................. 31 Figure 38 web site details ................................................................................... 32 Figure 39 List Details.......................................................................................... 32 Figure 40 Coding 10 ........................................................................................... 33 Figure 41 List in the Religion ............................................................................ 33 Figure 42Details of religion ................................................................................ 33

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Abstract
India has one of the richest and most exciting cultural traditions in the world our culture goes back several thousand years. That is why ours is known as one of the oldest civilization in the world. India is a land of festivals. There is hardly any month of the year without any festival. Therefore the festivals also play an important in our life & they remains our culture evergreen similarly there are many states in our India, all having their own traditional, India it has be said that India has unity in diversity. In this project will learn about the varieties of our India & I will try to attract you towards the Indian culture or a great culture. This website is useful for the people who are interested to know the importance of the religion, and useful for them who are interested to visit the famous religious sites in India. It can be used like guide for the visitors and also tell the importance of Indian Cultures.

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Background
India is the birthplace of four of the world's major religious traditions; namely Hinduism, Islamic, Sikhism, Christianity. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture. Religious diversity and religious tolerance are both established in the country by the law and custom. A vast majority of Indians (over 93%), associate themselves with a religion. According to the 2001 census,80.5% of the population of India practice Hinduism. Islam (13.4%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%) and Jainism (0.4%) are the other minor religions followed by the people of India. This diversity of religious belief systems existing in India today, is a result of both the existence of multiple native religions and also, the assimilation and social integration of religions brought to the region by traders, travellers, immigrants, and even invaders and conquerors. Fig 1 shows the ratio of different religion in different part of India.

Figure 1 India Religions Bar Graph

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Objective:
The main objective of this project is to make a website which shows the Indian famous religions and among them it shows the famous pilgrimage sites of the respective religion. Hinduism: Hinduism is the world's oldest living religion. Today, worldwide, there are almost one billion people professing some aspect of Hinduism. This is a religion with various gods and goddesses, Hindus believe in one supreme God but they worship God in different avatars or forms Hinduism includes a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of "daily morality" based on karma, dharma, and societal norms, 80% of the Indian population are Hindus. Hinduism or Santana Dharma ("eternal spiritual path") began about 4000 years ago in India. It was the religion of an ancient people known as the Aryans ("noble people") whose philosophy, religion, and customs are recorded in their sacred texts known as the Vedas. Islam The followers of Islam are known as Muslim. They are second largest religions community in India accounting for over 11% of her total population. Muslims believe in only one God of or Allah. Prophet Mohammad is believed to be the last & the greatest of the Prophets. He was born in 570 A.D in Mecca. He preached & spread Islam. The Koran is a holy book of the Muslims. The devout Muslim has five duties belief in one God; prayers five time a day; the giving of alms; a months fast every year; and a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in life time. The Muslims do not allow idol worship. Neither do they allow any picture of Allah.

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Sikhism A progressive religion well ahead of its time when it was founded over 500 years ago, The Sikh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the worlds 5th largest religion. Sikhism preaches a message of Devotion and remembrance of God at all times, truthful living, equality of mankind and denounces superstitions and blind rituals. Sikhism is open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus enshrined in the Sikh Holy Book. Christianity Christians comprise about two & a half % of Indias population. Christianity was founded by Lord Jesus Christ. He was born at Bethlehem in Israel near two thousand year ago. Jesus taught the people the importance of peace, love &compassion. The teachings of Jesus Christ are contained in the holy book, Bible Christians worship in a Church. The symbol of a Church is cross signifies the crucifixion of Lord Jesus Christ.

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Chapter 2 Methodology

Result Coding Adding Attributes Table Joining the spatial and non spatial data

Publishing Map Adding Layers Data Collection

Software Used:
Software Used Name of Softwre Visual Studio(SilverLight) Arc GIS 10.1 Google Earth
Table 1SoftwareUsed

S.No 1 2 3

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S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Temples'Name Vaishno Devi Naina Devi Kashi Vishwanath Ram Janam Bhoomi Buddha Temple Lotus Temple Mansa Devi Bharama Temple Akshardham Temple Meenakshi Amman Temple Tirupati Temple Sun Temple Sai Baba Sabrimala Marugan Temple Jagannath Temple Sree Padmanabhaswa my Badrinarayan Temple Siddivinyak Temple

List of Worships Churchs'Name Gurudwara Name Basilica of Bom Hemkund Jesus Sahib St.Francis Golden Church Temple St.Marys Takhat Sri Vallarpadam Hazur Sahib Velankanni Bang;a Shib Church Gurudwara

Mosque Dargah'Name Jama Maszid Dargah Of Khwaja Haji Ali Makah Masjid

18 19

Table 2List of Religions

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Chapter 3 Process and Results

In India there four major religion which are followed by the mostly people of India. We collect different religion sites from Google Earth. Then convert these points into shape files.

Figure 2Google Earth Image 1

Figure 3Google Earth Image 2

Next step I start to convert all the KML in to layer through Arc GIS 10.1 software. We used conversion tool for converting KMLs into Layers.

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Add India Layer: For this project we consider some famous temples, churches, Gurudwaras, and Mosques from all over India. We can take many more religion sites but as this project is for understanding of Web Site designing through Vb , so we consider few famous religious points for the study. We give a appropriate symbol to a particular religion as we give Om sign for temple which shows Hinduism, We give crossbar for Churches which is a symbol of Christianity, for Islam we give green moon with star and for Sikhism we give a building symbol which keeps a orange flag. We add India shape file in to Arc map. This layer makes a boundary for all the religion sites. Another benefit is this layer is that we can visually see the distances between religion sites.

Figure 4 Adding India Layer

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Add Temples: Second step is to add Temple layer on the same Arc Map . This layer shows all the famous temples with their locations.

Figure 5 Adding Temples

Add Church: We add four famous churches in the Arcmap over India layer.

Figure 6 Adding Church

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Add Mosque and Dargahs: Another step is to add mosque layer to the Arc map.

Figure 7 Add Mosque and Dargahs:

Lastly we add Gurudwaras on Arc Map.

Figure 8Add Gurudwara

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Join/Add database: In GIS database plas a important role. Without Database GIS study is not useful. With the help of Database we can show the different parameter of the study. For this Project we make different tables for all the religions. These tables include all the initial information related to a particular religious site.First colum of this table is name of the religious site.Second column contains some description of that religious site why is it famous. Third column shows city and fourth column shows state of the aprticular religious site. This information is helpful for the visitors and they can plan their tour according to the site locations.

Figure 9 Table Join

We join all the tables with their respective layers. Now each layer contains a database with the useful information of a selected religious site.

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Figure 10 Religion data

Publish steps: So far we make an Arc map document which contains some religious site information and their locality. Now we have to make this map for internet accessible so that user can see the location and get the entire useful information just click on the website. To make these layers accessible first we have to publish all the layers through Arc GIS 10.1 software. The main requirement is that for publishing Arc GIS Server must be installed in that machine with Arc GIS 10.1 software. We can publish the Arc Map by Arc GIS Online too. First time of using this service we have to give URL, User name and Password, without them we cannot use this service.

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Figure 11 Adding Pushpin

We select file then choose share as in share as we select service, which means we publish this map as a service using Arc GIS Server. After select share as option another window comes which contains three options among them we select Publish as service. Then click on Next.

Figure 12 Publish step1

Now we give a proper name to the service .

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Figure 13 Publish step2

We can publish this service in to the existing folder or we can create a new folder for this service. We can publish several layers at a time for a project.

Figure 14Publish step3

In this Service editor section we give general information as server name, type of service , connection. If we set in the beginning URL, and User name then it will automatically show all the details.

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Figure 15 Publish step4

Now next step is to analyze this map if there is any error it will comes in this process. Result of this step comes with some warnings. Warnings can be considered but if errors come then first we have to correct these errors then again analyze the map. In the preview section we can see the preview of the map after publishing. Last step is to publish the map.

Figure 16 Publish step5

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After successfully publishing the map can be viewed on server and internet. We can see this map on www.arcgis.com and select different base maps. Online Server: After successfully publishing the map we check the folder name in the folder list which we create for the project.

Figure 17 Publish step5

Select the appropriate folder , in this folder we get all the layers of the Arc Map.

Figure 18Publish step6

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Each layer gets a number which is starts from 0. We get the URL for a particular layer.

Figure 19Publish step7

Now we go to www.arcgis.com , here we select add then choose add layer through web. Then we add india layer with its respective URL.

20 Publish step8

Now we add all the layers after repeating same step with respective URL. First we add sikh , then islam, later we add Church layer ad in the end we add temple layer. Page 23 of 36

Figure 21Publish step9

After click on a particular religious site another popup window comes which contains its relevant information. Through this window we can check why this site is famous and the name of city and state of the selected religious site.

Figure 22 Publish step10

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Coding: We do all the coding in Visual basic 6.0 version .First we add a new project and give it a name worship Site. Next step is to add references in the application layer which are essential for proper build the program. Add references:

Figure 23 Codding Picture 1

Below i attached the full code in notepad file with both pages in xmal and Vb code.

VB.txt

XAML.txt

Designning of the WEBSITE: This website contains two buttons named as HOME and Worshipsite. We add one listbox and one combo box . Through listbox we can choose religion . Combo box shows the list of sites of the selected religion. For the title we add Page 25 of 36

textbox and we add stack panel to show the images, in it we add four images of different religions. We add street base map for showing the site location from the arcgis online site.

Figure 24 Coding 1

This is the main page of the website which shows all the famous Pilgrimage sites of India for different religions. When we click on HOME a small paragraph comes which contains a information about India and its religions and the purpose of this website. Below code is for design the website outlet.

Figure 25 Codding2

Figure 26 Website Home Page

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Figure 27 Coding 3

When we click on HOME button then it show the HOME and its contents and collapased/ hide the listbox and combobox visibility. It also hide the base map visibility.

Figure 28 Coding 4

When we click on Worshipsite the listbox shows all the religions. Among them we select anyone of them. For example we select Sikh from the listbox.

Figure 29 Coding 5

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Figure 30 List of religion in webpage

On map we can see the different religious sites which are related to Sikh religion. Now combobox shows the list of the priligrimage site of selected religion. Among them we select Golden Temple from the list of sites.

Figure 31 Codding 6

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Figure 32 Religion Detail in website

After selecting the priligrimage site of the respective religion map moves to the selected site and we can show it by blink / blow on of that site and we get all the relevant information through a popup window. This contains all the database information which we kept during make the tables for the particular religion site.

Figure 33 Location Showing

Same steps w follow for the Islam religion. In this we choose Jama Mazid. Now map moves on to delhi as blows at the location of Jama mazid. Page 29 of 36

Figure 34 Codding 7

It is a Zoom code when we select any religious site then it moves t the selected location.

Figure 35 Detail about selction

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Figure 36 Codding 8

When we select another religion it first remove the first entry from the combobox and then reload it with new entry.

Figure 37 Coding 9

When we select the new religion then we have to choose the priligrimage site from the listbox. Then the databas ewhich we add with layer also show in another pop-up window.

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Figure 38 web site details

Figure 39 List Details

Same steps we follow to select the temple after selecting Hindu. The below given code is the full code for following all the steps for the Hindu religion. First we select religion and then we select the religious site. Then it moves to the selected site and blinks over the site. Another pop-up window shows the database information which consists the name of the site, famous for, city, state.

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Figure 40 Coding 10

Figure 41 List in the Religion

Figure 42Details of religion site

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Conclusion
This website gives useful information at a glance about the India major religion and their famous religious sites in all over India. In this project we consider four major religions and their respective famous religious site. We can take information about the famous religious site in India for the respective religion and get the information such as in which city it is located or why this site is famous. In future we can continue it with new and more database to help the people.

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References: http://adaniel.tripod.com/religions.htm http://www.allprojectreports.com/CBSE-HBSE-School-Projects/BiologyProject-Report/indian-culture-food-dresses-festivals.htm http://www.uri.org/kids/world_hind_basi.htm

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Solution Folder:
Dear Sir, i am adding two solution folder as i have doubt which one is correct. I do it in NU GIS lab , and right now i dont have Vb on my system so i am unable to check the corr ect one. There is a small change in updated solution folder. Please consider it. Sorry for the inconvience.

manishi_sunitha.zip

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