Back الدين في بوتان Arabic ভূটানৰ ধৰ্মবিশ্বাস Assamese ভুটানের ধর্মবিশ্বাস Bengali/Bangla འབྲུག་གི་ཆོས་ལུགས། Bhutani Religión en Bután Spanish Religion au Bhoutan French भूटान में धर्म Hindi Agama di Bhutan ID Religioni in Bhutan Italian რელიგია ბჰუტანში Georgian
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Bhutan is a Buddhist country culturally, socially, politically, and constitutionally, and Buddhism plays a vital role in the cultural and spiritual heritage of the nation.[2]
The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism, which is practiced by 74.7% of the population.[3] Hinduism is followed by 22.6% of the Population.
The freedom of religion is guaranteed by the King.
In the past, approximately 75% of the population of 770,000 followed either the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school, the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism or another school of Buddhism. Almost 22% of citizens (mainly Lhotshampas) practiced Hinduism.[4][5]
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