To do your dharma you kinda just doing what you’re supposed to do. A student’s dharma would be to learn and respect their teacher. Of course there’s more to it, there’s different types of dharma, the dharma in the example is Varnasrama Dramha which changes depending on your stage of life.
not doing your dharma is a tricky question for me as I never got a proper education in Hinduism aside from festivals. I might be wrong very wrong about this but I’m pretty sure not following dharma dosent lead to any major consequences, maybe a lack of satisfaction in life.
A journey takes as long as it needs to. With each rebirth making you a better person than before.
moksha(reconnecting with god) is very vague. Your soul basically becomes one with the universe, though I don’t know if you retain your memories or remember who you once were.
So our version of god is weird. We both believe in the mythology and know it’s not real. This part mainly just boils down to what sub section of Hinduism or what deity your family follow. Some Hindus believe that God is just a mass of power, it’s everything that was, is, and is to be. While Hindus like my family believe that god is sentient. Both types believe that our “millions of gods” are aspects of the singular god.
I think the Iriali might be. I think it was based on a Dharmic religion but I don’t think it was Hinduism .