- Kerala are a mixture of different faiths, most significantly
Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Kerala has a reputation of being,
communally
one of the most tolerant states in India. According to Census of India figures, 54.73% of Kerala's residents are Hindus, 26.56% are Muslims,
18.38% are Christians, and the remaining 0.32% follows other religion or no religion.
Kerala produced several saints and movements. Sabarimala is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, with an estimated over 100 million devotees visiting every year. Malayali Hindus have unique ceremonies such as Chorunu (first feeding of rice to a child) and Vidyarambham.
The modern theological orientations amongst the Muslims of Kerala are primarily divided into three; Sunnis, Mujahids (Salafis) and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, though all these belong to the Sunni branch of Islam.
The Jain religion was brought to the South in the third century BC by Changragupta Maurya and the Jain saint Bhadrabahu, according to Jain traditions. They came to Sravanabelgola in Mysore. The Jains came to Kerala with the rest of the Chera immigrants starting in the sixth century.
The idol of Buddha at Mavelikara is 4 feet (1.2 m) tall, and is perhaps the biggest such statue in Kerala. The statue is in a seated posture, resembling Padmasana. A feature common to the idol is that hair has not been engraved on the head.
People who visits Churches in Kerala are huge in numbers and they method of praying Jesus is amazing and different.