India at a Glance

Important Facts about India:

India is one of the oldest countries mentioned in the they Bible in Esther 1:1
India's people worship more than 330 million gods and goddesses
The Gospel was first brought to India by the Apostle Thomas in A.D. 52
Today, India is made up of 85% Hindu, 10% Muslim, 2.5% Christian, and 2.5% other religions.
India has the largest population of any country in the world at 1.4 billion
India is one third the land-mass size of the USA but more than four times the number of people.
There are fourteen official languages recognized by the government of India, and over 1,658 dialects are spoken.