Economics of Religion; An Indian Analysis : 9783659769856 : 14 Sep 2015 : Being "Unity in Diversity" is the foundation, India is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society including a variety of religions and cultures. Many of major world religions had their origin in India. There are a number of mind blowing and interesting facts about major religions of India, such as India has almost as many Muslims as Pakistan and it has more Christians than the population of Australia, more Buddhists than Tibet, more Sikhs, Jains, and Parsis than any country in the world. Remember that these figures are exclusive because India's major religion is Hinduism which constitutes approximately 80% of population. Since Indian society is strictly bound to religion, it is interesting to think on economics behind it such as how people spend on their religion, or how much they contribute toward attaining the expected salvation. So the primary interest is to see and compare religious expenditure across different