Hinduism in Indonesia Hinduism in Indonesia Hinduism in Indonesia is practised by 1.7% of the total population, and by 83.5% of the population in Bali as of the 2010 census. Hinduism is one of the six official religions of Indonesia. Hinduism came to Indonesia in the first century through traders, and Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, became ingrained in the culture and worldview of the Javanese through the wayang kulit (“leather puppets”), specially during the Indianised Srivijaya and Majapahit empires. In 2010, there were an estimated total of over 4 million Hindus in Indonesia according to Indonesian census. The Parisada Hindu
Tourist village (Indonesia) developed for tourism, but that it is believed the potential for tourism exists. Nearby Mount Merapi helped encourage a number of villages to be named tourist villages. Tourist village (Indonesia) In Indonesia, a tourist village ("desa wisata") is a village officially designated as one that welcomes tourism. In the Special Region of Yogyakarta (which includes the Sleman Regency), the concept was embraced around 2000 with dozens of villages being dubbed as tourist villages. According to a 2009 report in "The Jakarta Post" there were 48 tourist villages listed in Yogyakarta, though only ten were actually operating as such, including: Kebonagung,