[lazide]

Southern India has particularly low Muslim populations - and definitely doesn’t follow that guidance.

The vedas have many sections which get widely ignored.

Edit: HN throttling is terrible. Here is a link to a couple studies [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32641190/], [https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Trends-in-consanguineous...]

AP has the highest rate, around 28%

[bakul]

I has asked friends who would know more about South India. If you have any references about statistics and causes please share. Thanks!

[bakul]

I found one map that may be interest: https://araingang.medium.com/cousin-marriage-in-south-asia-f...

But note that the article is really talking about first-degree incest/pedophila/sexual abuse which is taboo in pretty much every society.