QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 3
Population: 8,178,500
Unreached people groups: 2
UPG population: 8,140,000
Unengaged UPGs: 0
UUPG population: 0
Number of countries: 2
Base Religion: Hinduism
Description: Shivaism is one of the four most widely followed sects of Hinduism. It refers to organized worship of the Indian god Shiva. Shaivism includes such diverse movements as the highly philosophical Shaiva-siddhanta, the socially distinctive Lingayat, ascetic orders such as the dashnami sannyasins, and innumerable folk variants.
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