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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Hinduism:

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

– predominant and indigenous

religious tradition Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, tr ...

of the

Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

.Hinduism is variously defined as a "religion", "set of religious beliefs and practices", "religious tradition" etc. For a discussion on the topic, see: "Establishing the boundaries" in Gavin Flood (2003), pp. 1-17.

René Guénon René Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ''Abdalwâhid Yahiâ'' (; ''ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥiā'') was a French intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having writte ...

in his''

Introduction to the Study of the Hindu doctrines Introduction, The Introduction, Intro, or The Intro may refer to: General use * Introduction (music), an opening section of a piece of music * Introduction (writing), a beginning section to a book, article or essay which states its purpose and g ...

'' (1921 ed.), Sophia Perennis, , proposes a definition of the term "religion" and a discussion of its relevance (or lack of) to Hindu doctrines (part II, chapter 4, p. 58). Its followers are called

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

, who refer to it as ' (), amongst many other expressions.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Ed. John Bowker. Oxford University Press, 2000; Hinduism has no single founder, and is formed of diverse traditions, including a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of "daily morality" based on the notion of karma, dharma, and societal norms. Among its direct roots is the

historical Vedic religion The historical Vedic religion (also known as Vedicism, Vedism or ancient Hinduism and subsequently Brahmanism (also spelled as Brahminism)), constituted the religious ideas and practices among some Indo-Aryan peoples of northwest Indian Subco ...

Iron Age India In the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent, the Iron Age succeeded Bronze Age India and partly corresponds with the megalithic cultures of India. Other Iron Age archaeological cultures of India were the Painted Grey Ware culture (1300–3 ...

and, as such, Hinduism is often called the " oldest living religion" or the "oldest living major religion" in the world.

General reference

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: * Common English name:

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Sacred language A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is any language that is cultivated and used primarily in church service or for other religious reasons by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Concept A sacr ...

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

() * Sacred sign: Om (ॐ)

History

* History of Hinduism in Pakistan * History of Hinduism in Southeast Asia * History of Hinduism in Afghanistan * History of Hinduism in China * History of Hinduism in the Philippines

Prehistoric

Indus Valley civilisation The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form 2600 BCE to 1900& ...

* Dravidian folk religion

Vedic history

Historical Vedic religion The historical Vedic religion (also known as Vedicism, Vedism or ancient Hinduism and subsequently Brahmanism (also spelled as Brahminism)), constituted the religious ideas and practices among some Indo-Aryan peoples of northwest Indian Subco ...

Vedic Sanskrit Vedic Sanskrit was an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family. It is attested in the Vedas and related literature compiled over the period of the mid- 2nd to mid-1st millennium BCE. It was orally preser ...

Iron Age in India In the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent, the Iron Age succeeded Bronze Age India and partly corresponds with the megalithic cultures of India. Other Iron Age archaeological cultures of India were the Painted Grey Ware culture (1300–3 ...

Proto-Indo-Europeans The Proto-Indo-Europeans are a hypothetical prehistoric population of Eurasia who spoke Proto-Indo-European (PIE), the ancestor of the Indo-European languages according to linguistic reconstruction. Knowledge of them comes chiefly from ...

Proto-Indo-European religion Proto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans, the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language. Although the mythological motifs are not directly attested ...

Proto-Indo-Iranian religion Indo-Iranian peoples, also known as Indo-Iranic peoples by scholars, and sometimes as Arya or Aryans from their self-designation, were a group of Indo-European peoples who brought the Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European ...

Indo-Aryan migrations The Indo-Aryan migrations were the migrations into the Indian subcontinent of Indo-Aryan peoples, an ethnolinguistic group that spoke Indo-Aryan languages, the predominant languages of today's North India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lank ...

Denomination

Vaishnavism

* Manipuri Vaishnavism *

Bhagavatism The Bhagavata tradition, also called Bhagavatism, refers to an ancient religious sect that traced its origin to the region of Mathura. After its syncretism with the Brahmanical tradition of Vishnu, Bhagavatism became a pan-Indian tradition ...

Vaikhanasas Vaikhanasa is one of the principal traditions of Hinduism and primarily worships Vishnu (and his associated avatars) as the Supreme God. The followers are mainly Brahmins of Krishna Yajurveda Taittiriya Shakha and Vaikhanasa Kalpasutra. The na ...

Pancharatra ''Pancharatra'' ( IAST: ''Pāñcarātra'') was a religious movement in Hinduism that originated in late 3rd-century BCE around the ideas of Narayana and the various avatars of Vishnu as their central deities.Thenkalais * Vadakalais ** Munitraya *

Krishnaism Krishnaism (IAST: ''Kṛṣṇaism'') is a large group of independent Hinduism, Hindu traditions—sampradayas related to Vaishnavism—that center on the devotion to Krishna as ''Svayam Bhagavan'', ''Ishvara'', ''Para Brahman'', the source of ...

* Jagannathism *

Warkari Warkari ( Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation: �aːɾkəɾiː Meaning: 'The one who performs the ''Wari) is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the In ...

* Mahanubhava *

Haridasa The Haridasa Bhakti Sahitya devotional movement (sampradaya) originated in Karnataka, India, after Madhvacharya, and spread to eastern states such as Bengal and Assam of medieval India. Over a span of nearly six centuries, several saints and ...

Sahajiya Sahaja ( pra, সহজ sa, सहज ) means spontaneous enlightenment in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist spirituality. Sahaja practices first arose in Bengal during the 8th century among yogis called Sahajiya siddhas. Ananda Coomaraswamy describ ...

Baul The Baul ( bn, বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism, Vaishnavism and Tantra from Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya. Bauls cons ...

* Pushtimarg *

Ekasarana Ekasarana Dharma (literally: ''Shelter-in-One religion'') is a neo-Vaishnavite monolithic religion propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva in the 15th-16th century in the Indian state of Assam. It reduced focus on vedic ritualism and focuses on d ...

Gaudiya Gaudiya Vaishnavism (), also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava Hindu religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in India. "Gaudiya" refers to the Gaura or Gauḍa region of Bengal, with Vaishnavism meanin ...

Radha-vallabha The Radha Vallabh Sampradaya is a Vaishnava Hindu denomination which began in 1535 at Vrindavan with the bhakti poet- sant Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552). Harivansh's views are related to Krishnaism but emphasizes devotion to Radharani ...

* Ramanandi * Kapadi *

Balmiki Chuhra is a Dalit caste in India and Pakistan. Populated regions include the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, as well as Uttar Pradesh in India, among other parts of the Indian subcontinent such as southern India. Their traditional occupatio ...

Kabir panth Kabir Panth (Path of Kabir) is a Sant Mat denomination and philosophy based on the teachings of Kabir. It is based on devotion to him as one guru as a means to salvation. Its adherents are from many religious backgrounds as Kabir never advocated ...

* Dadu panth * Pranami * Swaminarayan * Ramsnehi * Mahanam

Shaivism

* History of Shaivism * Kashmir Shaivism *

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

Sadasiva Sadasiva ( sa, सदाशिव, , ta, சதாசிவம் ), is the Supreme Being, also known as Paramashiva, in the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Shaivism. Sadasiva is the omnipotent, subtle, luminous absolute, the highest manifestatio ...

Bhairava Bhairava (Sanskrit: भैरव ) or Kala Bhairava is a Shaivite and Vajrayāna deity worshiped by Hindus and Buddhists. In Shaivism, he is a powerful manifestation, or avatar, of Shiva associated with annihilation. In Trika system ''Bhaira ...

Rudra Rudra (; sa, रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt. One translation of the name is 'the roarer'. In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the mighty'. Ru ...

Virabhadra Virabhadra (), also rendered Veerabhadra, Veerabathira, and Veerabathiran, is a fierce form of the Hindu god Shiva. He is created by the wrath of Shiva, when the deity hurls a lock of his matted hair upon the ground, upon hearing of the self- ...

Shakti In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect, and r ...

Parvati Parvati ( sa, पार्वती, ), Uma ( sa, उमा, ) or Gauri ( sa, गौरी, ) is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is a physical representation of Mahadevi i ...

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Durga Durga ( sa, दुर्गा, ) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars. Durga's legend centres around c ...

Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In this tra ...

Ganesha Ganesha ( sa, गणेश, ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped Deva_(Hinduism), deities in the Hindu deities, Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect. His image is ...

Kartikeya Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesh ...

Sastha Shasta ( IAST Śāstā) is a Hindu deity of Dravidian origin, usually associated with Shiva and Vishnu. In Hindu mythology, Shasta is considered to be another name of Ayyappan, described as the offspring of Shiva and Mohini. His principal ...

* Shiva forms * Others *

Agamas Religion *Āgama (Buddhism), a collection of Early Buddhist texts *Āgama (Hinduism), scriptures of several Hindu sects *Jain literature (Jain Āgamas), various canonical scriptures in Jainism Other uses * ''Agama'' (lizard), a genus of lizards ...

and

Tantras Tantras ("''doctrine''" or "''framework''" or "''system''" ) refers to numerous and varied scriptures pertaining to any of several esoteric traditions rooted in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. The religious culture of the Tantras is essentially ...

* Shivasutras *

Tirumurai ''Thirumurai'' (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning holy division) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu. Nambiyan ...

Vachanas Vachana sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing in Kannada (see also Kannada poetry) that evolved in the 11th century and flourished in the 12th century, as a part of the Sharana movement. Madara Chennaiah, an 11th-century cobbler-saint who live ...

* Pati * Pashu * Pasam Three bondages *

Karma Karma (; sa, कर्म}, ; pi, kamma, italic=yes) in Sanskrit means an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptivel ...

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...

* 36 Tattvas *

Yoga Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consci ...

Satkaryavada The Samkhya school of philosophy, which follows Prakṛti Parinama-vada (doctrine of the transformation of objective nature), describes the origination and evolution of universe through its theory of Satkāryavāda ( sa, सत्कार्य ...

Abhasavada Abhasavada ( sa, आभासवाद) is the term derived from the word Abhasa meaning mere or fallacious appearance, reflection, looking like, light, semblance of reason, intention. In Hindu philosophy this term refers to the Theory of Appearan ...

* Svatantrya * Aham *

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Vibhuti In Hinduism, ''vibhuti'' ( sa, विभूति, vibhūti), also called ''bhasma'' or ''thiruneeru'', is sacred ash made of burnt dried wood, burnt cow dung and/or cremated bodies used in Agamic rituals. Hindu devotees apply ''vibhuti'' tradi ...

Rudraksha ''Rudraksha'' (IAST: ') refers to a stonefruit, the dried stones of which are used as prayer beads by Hindus (especially Shaivas), as well as by Buddhists and Sikhs. When they are ripe, ''rudraksha'' stones are covered by an inedible blue ou ...

** Panchakshara ** Bilva **

Maha Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri ( IAST: Mahāśivarātri) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. The name also refers to the night when Shiva performs the heavenly dance called Tandava. In every month of the luni-solar Hindu ...

Yamas The Yamas ( sa, यम, translit=Yama), and their complement, the Niyamas, represent a series of "right living" or ethical rules within Yoga philosophy. It means "reining in" or "control". These are restraints for proper conduct as given in the ...

Niyamas The Niyamas ( sa, नियम, translit=Niyama) are positive duties or observances. In Indian traditions, particularly Yoga, niyamas and their complement, Yamas, are recommended activities and habits for healthy living, spiritual enlightenment ...

Guru Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ...

Linga A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional ...

- Jangam * Philosphies and Schools * Adi Margam **

Pashupata Pashupata Shaivism (, sa, पाशुपत) is the oldest of the major Shaivite Hindu schools. The mainstream which follows Vedic Pasupata penance are 'Maha Pasupatas' and the schism of 'Lakula Pasupata' of Lakulisa. There is a debate about ...

Kalamukha The Kalamukha were a medieval Shaivite sect of the Deccan Plateau who were among the first professional monks of India. Their earliest monasteries were built in Mysore. Origin and etymology Information regarding the Kalamukha sect takes the fo ...

Kapalika The Kāpālika tradition was a Tantric, non-Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 7th and 8th century CE. The word is derived from the Sanskrit term '' kapāla'', meaning "skull", and ''kāpālika'' means ...

*: Mantra Margam ''Saiddhantika'' ** Siddhantism ''Non - Saiddhantika'' ** Kashmir Shaivism ***

Pratyabhijna Pratyabhijñā or Pratyabhigyā ( sa, प्रत्यभिज्ञा, pratyabhijñā, re-cognition) is an idealistic, monistic, and theistic school of philosophy in Kashmir Shaivism which originated in the ninth century CE. The term ''Tri ...

*** Vama *** Dakshina ***

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Trika Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE. Since this tradition originated in Kashmir it is often called "Kashmiri Shaivism". It later went on to become a pan- ...

- Yamala-

Kubjika Kubjika ( sa, कुब्जिक Kubjikā, also known as Vakreshvari, Vakrika, Chinjini) is the primary deity of Kubjikamata, a sect of non- Siddhāntika mantra marga sect. The worship of Kubjika as one of the main aspect of Adishakti was in i ...

- Netra ** Others ***

Nath Nath, also called Natha, are a Shaiva sub-tradition within Hinduism in India and Nepal. A medieval movement, it combined ideas from Buddhism, Shaivism and Yoga traditions in India.Inchegeri ***

Veerashaiva Veerashaivism is a sect within the Shaivism fold of Hinduism. According to tradition, it was transmitted by ''Panchacharyas'', ( kn, ಪಂಚಾಚಾರ್ಯರು, paṃcācāraya from sa, पंचचार्य, pañcācārya), or five ...

Lingayatism Lingayatism or Veera Saivism is a Hindu denomination based on Shaivism. Initially known as '' Veerashaivas'', since the 12th-century adherents of this faith are known as ''Lingayats''. The terms ''Lingayatism'' and ''Veerashaivism'' have been ...

*** Siddharism *** Sroutaism *** Aghori *** Indonesian

Newer movements

Advait Mat Advait Mat or Paramhans Advait Mat is a cluster of panths (groups of disciples) in northern India. It was founded by Shri Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj (1846-1919) who is also known as Paramhans Dyal Ji Maharaj. He declared Swami Swarupanand Ji ...

Divine Light Mission The Divine Light Mission (''Divya Sandesh Parishad''; DLM) was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Hans Ji Maharaj for his following in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his fourth a ...

* American Meditation Institute * Ananda ( Ananda Yoga) * Ananda Ashrama * Ananda Marga *

Art of Living Foundation The Art of Living Foundation is a volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization (NGO). It was founded in 1981 by Ravi Shankar. The Art of Living Foundation has its centers in 180 countries. Art of Living offers s ...

* Arya Samaj * Ayyavazhi *

Brahma Kumaris The Brahma Kumaris are a spiritual movement that originated in Hyderabad, Sindh, during the 1930s.Brahmoism Brahmoism is a religious movement which originated from the mid-19th century Bengali Renaissance, the nascent Indian independence movement. Adherents, known as ''Brahmos'' (singular Brahmo), are mainly of Indian or Bangladeshi origin or natio ...

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Brahmo Samaj Brahmo Samaj ( bn, ব্রহ্ম সমাজ, Brahmô Sômaj, ) is the societal component of Brahmoism, which began as a monotheistic reformist movement of the Hindu religion that appeared during the Bengal Renaissance. It was one of t ...

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Adi Dharm Adi Dharm refers to the religion of Adi Brahmo Samaj ( bn, আদি ব্রাহ্ম সমাজ, Adi Brahmô Shômaj) the first development of Brahmoism and includes those Sadharan Brahmo Samajists who were reintegrated into Brahmoism a ...

Sadharan Brahmo Samaj , native_name_lang = bn , abbreviation = , image = Sadharan Brahmo Samaj building in Kolkata 01.jpg , image_size = 200px , caption = Sadharan Brahmo Samaj building, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata , motto = , predecessor = Brahmo Samaj , esta ...

Chinmaya Mission The Chinmaya Mission is a Hindu religious and spiritual organization engaged in the dissemination of Vedanta, the science of the self as expounded in the Vedas, particularly the Upanishads, and other Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita ...

* Datta Yoga *

Divine Life Society The Divine Life Society (DLS) is a Hindu spiritual organisation and an ashram, founded by Swami Sivananda Saraswati in 1936, at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, India. Today it has branches around the world, the headquarters being situated in Rishikesh. ...

Hanuman Foundation Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and author. His best-selling 1971 book '' Be Here Now'', which has been d ...

Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy The Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy is an international non-profit organization, which promotes yoga and holistic health through yoga retreats, residential programs, health products and services, media publications including ''Yo ...

Advaita Vedanta ''Advaita Vedanta'' (; sa, अद्वैत वेदान्त, ) is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta. The term ''Advaita'' ( ...

Akshar-Purushottam Darshan Akshar-Purushottam Darshan (''Akṣara-Puruṣottama Darśana'') or Aksarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darsanam, "Akshar-Purushottam philosophy," is a designation used by BAPS-swamis as an alternative name for the Swaminarayan Darshana, Swaminarayan's vie ...

Bhedabheda Bhedābheda Vedānta is a subschool of Vedānta, which teaches that the individual self (''jīvātman'') is both different and not different from the ultimate reality known as Brahman. Etymology ''Bhedābheda'' (Devanagari: ) is a Sanskrit wo ...

Achintya Bheda Abheda Achintya-Bheda-Abheda (अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद, ' in IAST) is a school of Vedanta representing the philosophy of ''inconceivable one-ness and difference''.pp. 47-52 In Sanskrit ''achintya'' means 'inconceivable', ''bheda ...

Dvaitadvaita The Nimbarka Sampradaya (IAST: ''Nimbārka Sampradāya'', Sanskrit निम्बार्क सम्प्रदाय), also known as the Hamsa Sampradāya, and Sanakādi Sampradāya (सनकादि सम्प्रदाय), i ...

Dvaita Vedanta Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST:Tattvavāda), is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. The term Tattvavada literally means "arguments from a realist viewpoint". The Tattvavada (Dvaita) Vedanta su ...

Integral yoga Integral yoga, sometimes also called supramental yoga, is the yoga-based philosophy and practice of Sri Aurobindo and ''The Mother'' (Mirra Alfassa). Central to ''Integral yoga'' is the idea that Spirit manifests itself in a process of invol ...

Shaiva Siddhanta Shaiva Siddhanta () (Tamil: சைவ சித்தாந்தம் "Caiva cittāntam") is a form of Shaivism that propounds a dualistic philosophy where the ultimate and ideal goal of a being is to become an enlightened soul through Shiv ...

Shiva Advaita Shiva Advaita (Devanagari:शिवाद्वैत, kn, ಶಿವಾದ್ವೈತ, ), also known as or Shaivite '' qualified nondualism'' is a Shaivite school of philosophy from Southern India that was founded by Srikanta Sivacharya during ...

Shuddhadvaita Shuddadvaita (Sanskrit: "pure non-dualism") is the "purely non-dual" philosophy propounded by Vallabhacharya (1479-1531 CE), the founding philosopher and guru of the ("tradition of Vallabh") or ("The path of grace"), a Hindu Vaishnava tradit ...

Vishishtadvaita Vishishtadvaita ( IAST '; sa, विशिष्टाद्वैत) is one of the most popular schools of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. Vedanta literally means the in depth meaning ''of the Vedas.'' ''Vishisht Advaita'' (literal ...

Practices

Festivals

* Diwali *

Holi Holi (), also known as the Festival of Colours, the Festival of Spring, and the Festival of Love,The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) p. 874 "Holi /'həʊli:/ noun a Hindu spring festival ...". is an ancient Hindu religious festival ...

Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri (IAST: Mahāśivarātri) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. The name also refers to the night when Shiva performs the Tandava, heavenly dance called Tandava. In every month of the luni-solar ...

Raksha Bandhan Raksha Bandhan Quote: m Hindi ''rakśābandhan'' held on the full moon of the month of Savan, when sisters tie a talisman (rakhi q.v.) on the arm of their brothers and receive small gifts of money from them. is a popular and traditionally Hin ...

Navaratri Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in the honour of the goddess Durga. It spans over nine nights (and ten days), first in the month of Chaitra (March/April of the Gregorian calendar), and again in the month of Sharada. It is o ...

Durga Puja Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...

Ramlila Ramlila (Rāmlīlā) (literally 'Rama's lila or play') is any dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ancient Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' or secondary literature based on it such as the ''Ramcharitmanas''. It particularly ...

Vijayadashami Vijayadashami ( sa, विजयदशमी, Vijayadaśamī, translit-std=IAST), also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hind ...

* Ganesh Chaturthi *

Rama Navami Rama Navami () is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu. people from different parts of Jharkhand attended the world famous international Hazaribagh procession organized in the city every ...

Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami , also known simply as Krishnashtami, Janmashtami, or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. According to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, it is observed ...

Onam Onam ( ) is an annual Indian harvest festival celebrated predominantly by the Hindus of Kerala. A major annual event for Keralites, it is the official festival of the state and includes a spectrum of cultural events. Onam commemorates Vamana ...

Pongal Pongal may refer to: * Pongal (festival), an annual Tamil festival * Pongal (dish) Pongal, also known as pongali or huggi, is an Indian rice dish. In Tamil, "pongal" means "boil" or "bubbling up". The two varieties of pongal are ''chakarai pong ...

* Makar Sankranti * New Year **

Bihu Bihu is a set of three important Assamese festivals in the Indian state of Assam – 'Rongali' or 'Bohag Bihu' observed in April, 'Kongali' or 'Kati Bihu' observed in October, and 'Bhogali' or 'Magh Bihu' observed in January. The Rongali Bihu i ...

Gudi Padwa Gudhi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus, but is also celebrated by other Hindus as well. It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and the union terr ...

Pahela Baishakh Pohela Boishakh ( bn, পহেলা বৈশাখ) is the first day of the Bengali calendar which is also the official calendar of Bangladesh. This festival is celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of W ...

Puthandu Puthandu (), also known as Puthuvarudam, and the Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar, traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamil Hindus. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu cal ...

Vaisakhi Vaisakhi ( Punjabi: ), also pronounced Baisakhi, marks the first day of the month of Vaisakh and is traditionally celebrated annually on 13 April and sometimes 14 April as a celebration of spring harvest primarily in Northern India. Further, o ...

Vishu Vishu (Malayalam: വിഷു), the traditional Malayali New Year, is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala, Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka, and Mahe district. The festival marks the first day of Medam, the first month of ...

Ugadi Ugadi or Yugadi, also known as Samvatsarādi (), is New Year's Day according to the Hindu calendar and is celebrated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka in India. It is festively observed in these regions on the first ...

* Kumbh Mela **

Haridwar Haridwar (; ) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is situated on the ri ...

Nashik Nashik (, Marathi: aːʃik, also called as Nasik ) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is the third largest city in Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Pune. Nashi ...

** Prayag **

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani pronunciation: �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain ...

Ratha Yatra Ratha Yatra (), or Chariot festival, is any public procession in a chariot. The term particularly refers to the annual Ratha Yatra in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and other East Indian states, particularly the Odia festival that involve a ...

Teej Teej ( ne, तीज, Tīja, translit-std=ISO) is the generic name for a number of Hindu festivals that are celebrated by women and girls. and welcome the monsoon season and are celebrated primarily by girls and women, with singing, dancing, ...

Vasant Panchami Vasant Panchami, also called Saraswati Puja in honor of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region. ...

Philosophy

* Bhakti *

* Supreme Personality of Godhead *

Japa ''Japa'' ( sa, जप) is the meditative repetition of a mantra or a divine name. It is a practice found in Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, with parallels found in other religions. ''Japa'' may be performed while sitting in a medit ...

Meditation Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm ...

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna may refer to: * International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a group commonly known as "Hare Krishnas" or the "Hare Krishna movement" * Hare Krishna (mantra) The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the (" ...

Mantra A mantra ( Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, ...

s * Puja *

Arati ''Arti'' (Sanskrit: Ārātrika, Hindi: Ārtī) is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, often part of '' puja'', in which light (usually from a flame) is offered to one or more deities. ''Arti(s)'' also refers to the songs sung in praise of the d ...

* Bhajan * Kirtan * Sattvic diet * Ahimsa *

Rishis ''Rishi'' () is a term for an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mentions in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "great yogis" or ...

Tilaka In Dharmic culture, the ''tilaka'' ( sa, तिलक) () is a mark worn usually on the forehead, at the point of the Ajna chakra, or sometimes another part of the body such as the neck, hand, chest or arm. ''Tilaka'' may be worn daily or for ...

Diksha Diksha (Sanskrit: दीक्षा) also spelled diksa, deeksha or deeksa in common usage, translated as a "preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony", is giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru (in Guru–shishya tradition) ...

* Dashavatara **

Matsya Matsya ( sa, मत्स्य, lit. ''fish'') is the fish avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. Often described as the first of Vishnu's ten primary avatars, Matsya is described to have rescued the first man, Manu, from a great deluge. Matsya ...

Kurma Kurma ( sa, कूर्म; , 'Turtle', 'Tortoise'), is the second avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu. Originating in Vedic literature such as the Yajurveda as being synonymous with the Saptarishi called Kashyapa, Kurma is most comm ...

Varaha Varaha ( sa, वराह, , "boar") is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu. Varaha is most commonly associated with the leg ...

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

Balarama Balarama ( Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: ''Balarāma'') is a Hindu god and the elder brother of Krishna. He is particularly significant in the Jagannath tradition, as one of the triad deities. He is also known as Haladhara, Halayudha, Bala ...

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...

Narasimha Narasimha ( sa, नरसिंह, lit=man-lion, ), sometimes rendered Narasingha, is the fourth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is regarded to have incarnated in the form of a part-lion, part-man being to slay Hiranyakashipu, to end rel ...

Vamana Vamana (), also known as Trivikrama (), Urukrama (), Upendra (), Dadhivamana (), and Balibandhana () is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu, and the first Dashavatara in the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha. Or ...

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in L ...

Parashurama Parashurama (), also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama Bhargava and Veerarama, is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu in Hinduism. He is believed to be one of the ''Chiranjeevis'' (Immortals), who will appea ...

Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...

Dhanvantari Dhanvantari () is the physician of the devas in Hinduism. He is regarded to be an avatar of Vishnu. He is mentioned in the Puranas as the god of Ayurveda. During his incarnation on earth, he reigned as the King of Kashi, today locally refe ...

** Kapila * Pancha-tattva ** Chaitanya **

Nityananda Nityānanda (; born circa 1474), also called Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nitai was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple. They are often mentioned together as ''Gaura-Nitai' ...

Advaita Acharya Advaita Acharya (; 1434–1559), (born Kamalaksha Bhattacharjee; কমলাক্ষ ভট্টাচার্য),"Shantipur parichoy"-Kalikrishna Bhattacharaya&"Samajer Pratichhabi Bises Shantipur Sankhya."-editor-Satya Narayan Goswam ...

** Gadadhara Pandita ** Srivasa Thakura

Politics

Hindu studies Hindu studies is the study of the traditions and practices of the Indian subcontinent (especially Hinduism), and considered as a subfield of Indology. Beginning with British philology in the colonial period, Hindu studies has been practiced larg ...

Hindutva Hindutva () is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was formulated as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the ...

* Hindu nationalism

Hindu groups and political parties

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

* Shiv Sena * All Jammu and Kashmir Praja Parishad * Asom Bharatiya Janata Party * Maharashtra Navnirman Sena *

Hindu Munnani Hindu Munnani is a rightwing Hindu nationalist organisation based in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Hindu Munnani was set up by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) The organisation was founded in 1980 by Ramagopalan, a member of RSS and sinc ...

Hindu Dharma Samudaya of Bhutan Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

* Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party *

Hindu Makkal Katchi Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK), literally meaning Hindu People's Party, also pronounced as Indu Makkal Katchi (IMK), is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The organisation was set up by Rashtriya Swayamsevak San ...

* Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch *

Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) is a political party in India. Thushar Vellappally is the current national president of BDJS. BDJS is a constituent of National Democratic Alliance in Kerala. BDJS was formed in December 2015. BDJS is the politic ...

* Hindu Mahasabha *

Hindu Mahajana Sangam The Hindu Mahajana Sangam ( ta, இந்து மகாஜன சங்கம்) is an association of Indian workers. It is one of the Indian non-profitable organization at Penang, Malaysia which has been officially established in 1935 by wate ...

Hindu Samhati Hindu Samhati () is a Far-right politics, Far-right Hindu Nationalist, Hindu nationalist organisation founded on 14 February 2008 by Tapan Ghosh. The organisation's main aim was to protect Bengali Hindus. It has organisation in every district of ...

Shivsena Nepal Shivsena Nepal ( ne, शिवसेना नेपाल; translation: ''Shiva, Shiva's Army of Nepal'') is a political party in Nepal. The party was founded in 1990 by Arun Subedi, in response to the demands for secularism in the backdrop of t ...

Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Nepal ( ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी नेपाल; translation: ''National Democratic Party Nepal'') is a Hindu right-wing, cultural conservative. It previously ...

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist politic ...

Hindu Prajatantrik Party Hindu Prajatantrik Party is the Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal. The goal of this party is to establish Nepal as a Hindu republic. The party registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly elec ...

* Siva Senai *

Banga Sena Bangabhumi ( bn, বঙ্গভূমি, meaning the land of Vanga, also spelt Bongobhumi) also known as Bir Bongo ( bn, বীর বঙ্গ), is a separatist movement to create a Bengali Hindu country for Bangladeshi Hindus in southwestern ...

* Swadhin Bangabhumi Andolan * Pakistan Hindu Party *

Progressive Reform Party (Suriname) The Progressive Reform Party ( nl, Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij, VHP; Sarnami Hindustani: प्रगतिशील सुधार दल, ''Pragatisheel Sudhaar Dal''), formerly known as the United Hindustani Party ( nl, Verenigde Hin ...

* HINDRAF * Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party * Malaysian Ceylonese Congress * Malaysian Advancement Party * Minority Rights Action Party *

Sangh Parivar The Sangh Parivar (translation: "Family of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh" or the "RSS family") refers, as an umbrella term, to the collection of Hindu nationalist organisations spawned by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which r ...

Vishva Hindu Parishad The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) () is an Indian right-wing Hindu organization based on Hindu nationalism. The VHP was founded in 1964 by M. S. Golwalkar and S. S. Apte in collaboration with Swami Chinmayananda. Its stated objective is ...

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family ...

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) () is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). History The ABVP, founded in 1948 with the initiative of the RSS a ...

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (translation: ''Indian Workers' Union'') is a trade union in India. It was founded by Dattopant Thengadi on 23 July 1955. The BMS itself claims to have more than 10 million members. According to provisional statisti ...

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) ( en, Indian Farmers' Union, italics=yes) is an Indian farmers' organization that is politically linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and a member of the Sangh Parivar. BKS was founded by Dattopant Thengadi ...

Bajrang Dal The Bajrang Dal () is a Hindu nationalist militant organisation that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). It is a member of the right-wing Sangh Parivar. The ideology of the organisation is based on Hindutva. It was ...

** Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh ** Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad ** Swadeshi Jagaran Manch ** Deen Dayal Shodh Sansthan ** Bharat Vikas Parishad ** Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam **

Seva Bharati Seva Bharati (Hindi:'' सेवा भारती'') is a Non-governmental organization, non-governmental organization (NGO) working among the economically weaker sections of Indian society, including tribal (vanvasi communities). It also w ...

** Hindu Aikya Vedi ** Ekal Vidyalaya ** Saraswati Shishu Mandir ** Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan ** Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram ** Friends of Tribals Society ** Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana ** India Development and Relief Fund

Organisations

* Survey of Hindu organisations *

ISKCON The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktiv ...

* Swaminarayan Sampraday *

Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS; ) is a Hindu denomination within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. It was formed in 1905 by Yagnapurushdas (Shastriji Maharaj) following his conviction that Swaminarayan remained present ...

* Arya Samaj * Ramakrishna Mission * Sringeri Sharada Peetham *

Banga Mahila Vidyalaya Banga may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Banga'' (album), a 2012 album by Patti Smith * A song by Ali Shaheed Muhammad from the 2004 album '' Shaheedullah and Stereotypes'' * The name of Pontius Pilate's dog in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel ' ...

Gaudiya Math The Gaudiya Math (, ; ) is a Gaudiya Vaishnava ''matha'' (monastic organisation) formed on 6 September 1920,Devamayī dāsi, "A Divine Life: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda" in ''Prabhupada Saraswati Thakur: The Li ...

* Hindu Maha Sabha (Fiji) * Manav Dharma Sabha *

Paramahansa Mandali Paramahansa Mandali was a secret socio-religious group, established in 1849, in Bombay and is closely related to Manav Dharma Sabha which was found in 1844 in Surat. It was started by Durgaram Mehtaji, Dadoba Pandurang and a group of his frie ...

Prarthana Samaj Prarthana Samaj or "Prayer Society" in Sanskrit, was a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, India, based on earlier reform movements. Prarthana Samaj was founded by Atmaram Pandurang in 31 March 1867 when Keshub Chandra Sen vi ...

* Ratnagiri Hindu Sabha *

Satyashodhak Samaj Satyashodhak Samaj (''Truth-seekers' Society'') was a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873. It espoused a mission of education and increased social rights and political access for underprivile ...

Tattwabodhini Sabha The Tattwabodhinī Sabhā ( lit. 'Truth Propagating'/'Searching Society') was a group founded in Calcutta on 6 October 1839 as a splinter group of the Brahmo Samaj, reformers of Hinduism and Indian Society. The founding member was Debendranath T ...

Theosophical Society of the Arya Samaj The Theosophical Society of Aryavarta, also sometimes called ''Theosophical Society of India'', and abbreviated as ''Theosophical Society '' was a Theosophical Society from May 22, 1878 until March 1882. History In 1875 Swami Dayanda Saraswati ...

Trust deed of Brahmo Sabha The modern religious philosophy of Brahmoism is based in part on the foundations of reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy's humanitarian philosophy, as exemplified by the Trust Deed of Brahmo Sabha, known to Brahmos as the ''1830 Brahmo Trust Deed''. Bri ...

*Hindu Sewa Parishad * Sri Trimurtidham Balaji Hanuman Mandir * Saiva Siddhanta Church *

Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha The Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), , colloquially known as the Maha Sabha, is the largest and most influential Hindu organization in Trinidad and Tobago. It operates 150 mandirs, over 50 schools, and has its own radio station, Radio Jaagri ...

Sanatan Sanstha The Sanatan Sanstha is a Hindu organization seeking Hindu nationalism in India. It is a non-government charitable trust founded in 1999 by hypnotherapist Dr Jayant Balaji Athavale. It is headquartered in Ramathi, Goa. The Sanstha is engaged i ...

Santhigiri Ashram Santhigiri Ashram is located in Pothencode, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. The ashram was founded by Navajyothi sri Karunakara Guru and is recognized and developed as a ''Social and Scientific Research Organization'' by the Government of ...

Sathya Sai Organization The Sri Sathya Sai International Organization (SSSIO) is a spiritual and humanitarian non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see American and British English spelling differe ...

* Satsang (Deoghar) *

Science of Identity Foundation The Science of Identity Foundation (SIF) is a Hindu Gaudiya Vaishnavite Yoga religious organization based in Hawaii, United States, founded by Chris Butler (also known by his Vaishnavite name Siddhaswarupananda Goswami) in 1977.Science of Spirituality (a.k.a.

Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission is a non-profit, spiritual organization. It is currently headed by '' Rajinder Singh''. The headquarters of ''Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission (SKRM)'' are based in Delhi, India. Overview Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission, hea ...

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Self-Realization Fellowship Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is a worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and legally incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in 1935, to serve as Yogananda's instrument for the preservation ...

Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit, nonsectarian spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917 and is a part of the Self-Realization Fellowship which was founded in 1920. The current president of t ...

* Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha * Siddha Yoga Dham Associates Foundation * Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres *

Society of Abidance in Truth The Society of Abidance in Truth (SAT) is a spiritual nonprofit organization ( 501(c)(3)) consecrated to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, especially as revealed by Sri Ramana Maharshi. Publications The Society of Abidance in Truth has publishe ...

Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (S.N.D.P) is a social service organization that has been representing the Ezhava community from the Indian state of Kerala since 1903. The S.N.D.P Yogam was founded by Dr. Padmanabhan Palpu and other ...

Alwaye Advaita Ashram Advaita Ashram - the ashrams in Aluva, founded in 1913 Sree Narayana Guru . Here he also established a Sanskrit school to restore the sanctity of the language through which universal spiritual teachings can be grasped and imparted to dedicated ...

Sree Narayana Trust Sree Narayana Trust, also known as the SN Trust, is an Indian educational organisation. The headquarters of Sree Narayana Trust is in Kollam city. It is named after Sree Narayana Guru and was formed by a former Chief Minister of Kerala, R. San ...

** List of Sree Narayana Institutions * Sri Aurobindo Ashram ** Auroville Foundation **

Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Rewa Sri Aurobindo Ashram is a temple of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry, Pondicherry. It is situated on National Highway No.7 only 16 km from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Rewa near Allahabad in Madhya Pradesh (India). ...

** Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad *

Sri Chinmoy Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.Sri Ramana Ashram Sri Ramana Ashram, also known as Sri Ramanasramam, is the ashram which was home to modern sage and Advaita Vedanta master Ramana Maharshi from 1922 until his death in 1950. It is situated at the foot of the Arunachala hill, to the west of Tiruva ...

* Sri Sri Radha Govindaji Trust * Sringeri Sharada Peetham * Swadhyay Parivar * Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha * Vishwa Madhwa Maha Parishat * Vishwa Nirmala Dharma

Hindu texts

* Shruti *

Smriti ''Smriti'' ( sa, स्मृति, IAST: '), literally "that which is remembered" are a body of Hindu texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down, in contrast to Śrutis (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that ...

Vedas

Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' ( ', from ' "praise" and ' "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ('' śruti'') known as the Vedas. Only one ...

* Samaveda * Yajurveda * Atharvaveda * Samhita * Brahmana * Aranyaka * Upanishads

Upanishads

108 Upanishads

* The 108 Upanishads ** Isha Upanishad, Isha ** Kena Upanishad, Kena ** Katha Upanishad, Katha ** Prashna Upanishad, Prashna ** Mundaka Upanishad, Mundaka ** Mandukya Upanishad, Mandukya ** Taittiriya Upanishad, Taittiriya ** Aitareya Upanishad, Aitareya ** Chandogya Upanishad, Chandogya ** Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka ** Brahma Upanishad, Brahma ** Kaivalya Upanishad, Kaivalya ** Jabala Upanishad, Jabala ** Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Shvetashvatara ** Hamsopanishad, Hamsa ** Aruneya Upanishad, Aruneya ** Garbha Upanishad, Garbha ** Narayana Upanishad, Narayana ** Paramahamsa Upanishad, Paramahamsa ** Amritabindu Upanishad, Amritabindu ** Amritanada Upanishad, Amritanada ** Atharvashiras Upanishad, Atharvashiras ** Atharvashikha Upanishad, Atharvashikha ** Maitrayaniya Upanishad, Maitrayaniya ** Kaushitaki Upanishad, Kaushitaki ** Brihajjabala Upanishad, Brihajjabala ** Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad, Nrisimha Tapaniya ** Kalagni Rudra Upanishad, Kalagni Rudra ** Maitreya Upanishad, Maitreya ** Subala Upanishad, Subala ** Kshurika Upanishad, Kshurika ** Mantrika Upanishad, Mantrika ** Sarvasara Upanishad, Sarvasara ** Niralamba Upanishad, Niralamba ** Shukarahasya Upanishad, Shukarahasya ** Vajrasuchi Upanishad, Vajrasuchi ** Tejobindu Upanishad, Tejobindu ** Nada Bindu Upanishad, Nadabindu ** Dhyanabindu Upanishad, Dhyanabindu ** Brahmavidya Upanishad, Brahmavidya ** Yogatattva Upanishad, Yogatattva ** Atmabodha Upanishad, Atmabodha ** Naradaparivrajaka Upanishad, Naradaparivrajaka ** Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad, Trishikhi-brahmana ** Sita Upanishad, Sita ** Yogachudamani Upanishad, Yogachudamani ** Nirvana Upanishad, Nirvana ** Mandala-brahmana Upanishad, Mandala-brahmana ** Dakshinamurti Upanishad, Dakshinamurti ** Sharabha Upanishad, Sharabha ** Skanda Upanishad, Skanda ** Mahanarayana Upanishad, Mahanarayana ** Advayataraka Upanishad, Advayataraka ** Rama Rahasya Upanishad, Rama Rahasya ** Rama tapaniya Upanishad, Ramatapaniya ** Vasudeva Upanishad, Vasudeva ** Mudgala Upanishad, Mudgala ** Shandilya Upanishad, Shandilya ** Paingala Upanishad, Paingala ** Bhikshuka Upanishad, Bhikshuka ** Maha Upanishad, Maha ** Sariraka Upanishad, Sariraka ** Yogashikha Upanishad, Yogashikha ** Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad, Turiyatita ** Brihat-Sannyasa Upanishad, Sannyasa ** Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad, Paramahamsaparivrajaka ** Akshamalika Upanishad, Akshamalika ** Avyakta Upanishad, Avyakta ** Ekakshara Upanishad, Ekakshara ** Annapurna Upanishad, Annapurna ** Surya Upanishad, Surya ** Akshi Upanishad, Akshi ** Adhyatma Upanishad, Adhyatma ** Kundika Upanishad, Kundika ** Savitri Upanishad, Savitri ** Atma Upanishad, Atma ** Pashupatabrahma Upanishad, Pashupatabrahma ** Parabrahma Upanishad, Parabrahma ** Avadhutaka Upanishad, Avadhuta ** Tripuratapini Upanishad, Tripuratapini ** Devi Upanishad, Devi ** Tripura Upanishad, Tripura ** Kathashruti Upanishad, Kathashruti ** Bhavana Upanishad, Bhavana ** Rudrahridaya Upanishad, Rudrahridaya ** Yoga-Kundalini Upanishad, Yoga-Kundalini ** Bhasmajabala Upanishad, Bhasma ** Rudrakshajabala Upanishad, Rudraksha ** Ganapati Atharvashirsa, Ganapati ** Darshana Upanishad, Darshana ** Tarasara Upanishad, Tarasara ** Mahavakya Upanishad, Mahavakya ** Pancabrahma Upanishad, Pancabrahma ** Pranagnihotra Upanishad, Pranagnihotra ** Gopala Tapani Upanishad, Gopala-Tapani ** Krishna Upanishad, Krishna ** Yajnavalkya Upanishad, Yajnavalkya ** Varaha Upanishad, Varaha ** Shatyayaniya Upanishad, Shatyayaniya ** Hayagriva Upanishad, Hayagriva ** Dattatreya Upanishad, Dattatreya ** Garuda Upanishad, Garuda ** Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad, Kali-Santarana ** Jabali Upanishad, Jabali ** Saubhagyalakshmi Upanishad, Saubhagyalakshmi ** Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad, Sarasvati-rahasya ** Bahvricha Upanishad, Bahvricha ** Muktikā

Rig Vedic

* Aitareya Upanishad, Aitareya * Kaushitaki Upanishad, Kaushitaki

Sama Vedic

* Chandogya Upanishad, Chandogya * Kena Upanishad, Kena

Yajur Vedic

* Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka * Isha Upanishad, Isha * Taittiriya Upanishad, Taittiriya * Katha Upanishad, Katha * Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Shvetashvatara * Maitrayaniya Upanishad, Maitri

Atharava Vedic

* Mundaka Upanishad, Mundaka * Mandukya Upanishad, Mandukya * Prashna Upanishad, Prashna

Vedangas

* Shiksha * Sanskrit prosody, Chandas * Vyākaraṇa, Vyakarana * Nirukta * Kalpa (Vedanga), Kalpa * Jyotisha

Puranas

Brahma Puranas

* Brahma Purana, Brahma * Brahmanda Purana, Brahmānda * Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Brahmavaivarta * Markandeya Purana, Markandeya * Bhavishya Purana, Bhavishya

Vaishnava Puranas

* Vishnu Purana, Vishnu * Bhagavata Purana, Bhagavata * Naradiya Purana, Naradiya * Garuda Purana, Garuda * Padma Purana, Padma * Vamana Purana, Vamana * Varaha Purana * Kurma Purana, Kurma * Matsya Purana, Matsya

Shaiva Puranas

* Shiva Purana, Shiva * Linga Purana, Linga * Skanda Purana, Skanda * Vayu Purana, Vayu * Agni Purana, Agni

Shastras and Sutras

* Dharmaśāstra, Dharma Shastra * Arthashastra, Artha Shastra * Kamasutra * Brahma Sutras * Samkhyapravachana Sutra, Samkhya Sutras * Purva Mimamsa Sutras, Mimamsa Sutras * Nyāya Sūtras * Vaiśeṣika Sūtra * Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga Sutras * Pramana, Pramana Sutras * Charaka Samhita * Sushruta Samhita * Natya Shastra * Vastu Shastra * Panchatantra * Divya Prabandha *

* Ramcharitmanas * Yoga Vasistha * Shiva Swarodaya, Swara yoga * Shiva Samhita * Gheranda Samhita * Panchadasi * Vedantasara (of Sadananda), Vedantasara * Stotra

Literary texts

* Ramayana * Mahabharata * Bhagavad Gita

Hindu people

* List of Hindus * List of Hindu gurus

Freedom fighters

* Pazhassi Raja * Mangal Pandey * Chandrashekhar Azad * Subhas Chandra Bose * Bankim Chandra Chatterjee * Veer Savarkar * Lokmanya Tilak

Social leaders

* K.B. Hedgewar * Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar * K.S. Sudarshan * Pravin Togadia * Shanta Kumar

Politicians

* Mahatma Gandhi * Jawaharlal Nehru * Vallabhbhai Patel * Lal Bahadur Shastri * Rajiv Gandhi * Indira Gandhi * Atal Bihari Vajpayee * Lal Krishna Advani * Balasaheb Thackeray * Yogi Adityanath * Govindacharya * Narendra Modi * Uma Bharti * Himanta Biswa Sarma * Rajnath Singh

Other terms and concepts

* Maya (illusion) * Itihasa * Karma in Hinduism * Kosas * Sri *

* Purusha * Gayatri * Vāc, Vac

Inter-religious

* Hinduism and Buddhism ** Gautama Buddha in Hinduism ** Theravada * Hinduism and Jainism ** Rama in Jainism ** Salakapurusa * Hinduism and Sikhism ** Rama in Sikhism ** Dasam Granth * Hinduism and Islam ** Hindu-Muslim riots ** Hindu–Muslim unity ** Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb * Hinduism and Christianity

References

External links

* {{Hindudharma Outlines of religions, Hinduism Wikipedia outlines, Hinduism Hinduism Hinduism-related lists