Indie makieta świątyni

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One should not forget the many smaller movements which have had a significant effect on Indian religion and politics and even funher afield. Sikhitm. which challenged both Hinduism and Ułam in the medieva] period, has not onły been a powerful force in its Punjabi homeland but has established substantial emigrt communities both in otherparti of India and abroad. The colonial period witnesaed a flourishing of H indu revivalism and a mamage between religion and nauonaiism Morę recenily, Indian religious movements have been successfully ezpoctediothe West and have had a significant impact on the European rationalist heritage.