In contrast to previously discussed Christianity and Islam, which Pi acquired on his own, hewas born a Hindu. Naturally, he was more encouraged to practice Hinduism because of the widespread practice of that particular religion within his family. In fact, he was taken to a Hindu temple when he was just a small baby. He could not talk, but baby Pi absorbed the iconography of Hinduism, the smell of incense. The foundations of his Hinduism were planted. ’’A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate’’ (Martel, Yann. ’’Life of Pi’’ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. p. 36) Hinduism was an integral part of Pi’s growing up. What attracted him the most was the iconography of Hinduism, the
