Religion in India Lama, Tenzing Gyatso to India fleeing Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959 and the setting up of the Tibetan Government in Exile at Dharamshala in Mcleodganj in Himachal Pradesh has also accelerated the resurgence of Buddhism in India. The effective religion in Sikkim, which joined the Indian Union in 1975 (making it India's 22nd state) remains Vajrayana Buddhism, and Padmasambhava or Guru Ugyen is a revered presence there. Jainism is a non-theistic Indian religion and philosophical system originating in Iron Age India. Jains compose 0.4% (around 4.45 million) of India's population, and are concentrated in the states of Gujarat, Karnataka,
Peterburgian Vedism Leningrad State University and in military academies. In 1986 he founded the "Society of the Mages" (Общество Волхвов, "Obshchestvo Volkhvov"; or Союза Волхвов, "Soyuza Volkhvov") and in 1990 the "Union of the Veneds", the earliest Vedic organisations. His promotion of nationalism and conservatism led Bezverkhy to have troubles with Soviet authorities on various occasions, and he received an official warning from the KGB. In the early 1990s he was prosecuted for inciting hatred towards Jews, but he was found not guilty. Among other organisations that employ the term "Vedism" there are the "Krasnodar Slavic Orthodox Community—Vedic Culture of Russian Aryans",