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topics

Concepts	Brahman Om Ishvara Atman Maya Karma Saṃsāra Puruṣārthas Dharma Artha Kama Moksha Niti Ahimsa Asteya Aparigraha Brahmacharya Satya Dāna Damah Dayā Akrodha
Schools	Āstika: Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Svābhāvika Bhedābheda Dvaita Advaita Vishishtadvaita Nāstika: Charvaka

Texts

Classification

Vedas

Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda
Divisions	Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka
Upanishads	Aitareya Kaushitaki Brihadaranyaka Isha Taittiriya Katha Maitrayaniya Shvetashvatara Chandogya Kena Mundaka Mandukya Prashna

Gods	Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Shiva Agni Dattatreya Ganesha Hanuman Indra Kartikeya Krishna Rama Surya Varuna Vayu more
Goddesses	Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Bhumi Durga Kali Mahavidya Matrika Radha Rukmini Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more

Practices

Worship	Temple Murti Puja Bhakti Japa Bhajan Naivedhya Yajna Homa Tapas Dhyāna Tirthatana
Sanskaras	Garbhadhana Pumsavana Simantonayana Jatakarma Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti
Varnashrama	Varna Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Ashrama Brahmacharya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa
Festivals	Diwali Holi Shivaratri Raksha Bandhan Navaratri Durga Puja Ramlila Vijayadashami Ganesh Chaturthi Rama Navami Janmashtami Onam Pongal Makar Sankranti New Year Bihu Gudi Padwa Pahela Baishakh Puthandu Vaisakhi Vishu Ugadi Kumbh Mela Haridwar Nashik Prayag Ujjain Ratha Yatra Teej Vasant Panchami Others
Other	Svādhyāya Namaste Bindi Tilaka

Outline

Indian philosophy

Topics

Ancient

Āstika	Hindu: Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Shaiva Raseśvara Pashupata Shaivism Pāṇiniya
Nāstika	Ājīvika Ajñana Charvaka Jain Anekantavada Syādvāda Buddhist philosophy and Early Buddhist schools Śūnyatā Madhyamaka Yogachara Sautrāntika Svatantrika

Medieval

Modern

Texts

Abhinavabharati
Arthashastra
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavata Purana
Brahma Sutra
Buddhist texts
Dharmashastra
Hindu texts
Jain Agamas
Kamasutra
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- All 108 texts
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Nyāya Sūtras
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Sangam texts
Sarvadarsanasangraha
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Tarka-Sangraha
Tattvacintāmaṇi
Tirukkuṟaḷ
Upanishads
- Minor
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
Vedangas
Vedas
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Yoga Vasistha
More...

Philosophers

Concepts

v t e Hindu cosmology
Space	Loka Brahmaloka Vaikuntha Kailasha Manidvipa Goloka Svarga Patala Naraka Aṇḍa Hiranyagarbha
Time	Life of Brahma Kalpa of Brahma Manvantara of Manu (age of mankind) Yuga / Cycle Satya Yuga Treta Yuga Dvapara Yuga Kali Yuga Pralaya (dissolution) Samudra Manthana
Literature	Nasadiya Sukta Brahmanda Purana Vishnu Purana
Related	List of numbers in Hindu scriptures

Hindu calendar

Seasons

Months

Lunar	Chaitra Vaishakha Jyeshtha Ashadha Shravana Bhadrapada Ashvin Kartika Margashirsha Pausha Magha Phalguna Adhika-masa
Solar	Mesa Vrsabha Mithuna Karkata Simha Kanya Tula Vrscika Dhanu Makara Kumbha Mina

Days

v t e Navagraha
Surya Chandra Mangala Budha Brihaspati Shukra Shani Rahu Ketu
Goddess consort of Navagraha	Sanjna Chhaya Ushas ( wife of Surya ) Rohini 27 Nakshatra goddesses Ratri ( wife of Chandra ) Jwalini Medha ( wife of Mangala ) Ila Chitra ( wife of Budha ) Subhal Tara ( wife of Brihaspati ) Jayanti Urjjasvati Sataparva ( wife of Shukra ) Neela Manda Jyestha ( wife of Shani ) Nāgavalli Nāgakanni Karali ( wife of Rahu ) Chitralekha Dhoomra ( wife of Ketu )
Navagraha temples	Surya Chandra Mangala Budha Brihaspati Shukra Shani Rahu Ketu

v t e Hindu deities and texts
Gods	Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Shiva Agni Ashvins Chandra Dattatreya Ganesha Hanuman Indra Kama Kartikeya Krishna Kubera Rama Shasta Surya Varuna Vayu Vishvakarma Yama more
Goddesses	Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Aditi Bhumi Chhaya Durga Ganga Gayatri Indrani Kali Mahadevi Mahavidya Matrikas Radha Rati Rohini Rukmini Sanjna Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more
Deity groups	Adityas Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danavas Devatas Dikpalas Gandharvas Ganas Gramadevatas Kuladevatas Kinnaras Kimpurushas Maruts Navagraha Pitṛs Rakshasas Rudras Ribhus Sadhyas Vahanas Vasus Vidyadharas Yakshas / Yakshini
Texts (list)	Vedas Rig Sama Yajur Atharva Upanishads Puranas Ramayana Mahabharata Bhagavad Gita Yoga Sutras of Patanjali more
Hinduism Hindu mythology

v t e Hindu deities and texts
Gods	Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Shiva Agni Ashvins Chandra Dattatreya Ganesha Hanuman Indra Kama Kartikeya Krishna Kubera Rama Shasta Surya Varuna Vayu Vishvakarma Yama more
Goddesses	Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Aditi Bhumi Chhaya Durga Ganga Gayatri Indrani Kali Mahadevi Mahavidya Matrikas Radha Rati Rohini Rukmini Sanjna Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more
Deity groups	Adityas Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danavas Devatas Dikpalas Gandharvas Ganas Gramadevatas Kuladevatas Kinnaras Kimpurushas Maruts Navagraha Pitṛs Rakshasas Rudras Ribhus Sadhyas Vahanas Vasus Vidyadharas Yakshas / Yakshini
Texts (list)	Vedas Rig Sama Yajur Atharva Upanishads Puranas Ramayana Mahabharata Bhagavad Gita Yoga Sutras of Patanjali more
Hinduism Hindu mythology

v t e Rigveda
Mandalas	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Deities	Devas Agni Indra Soma Ushas Visvedevas Maruts Ashvins Tvashtr Ribhus Pushan Rudra Mitra Varuna Aryaman
Asuras	Vritra Susna Dasas Danu Danavas
Rivers	Sapta Sindhu Nadistuti Sarasvati Sindhu Sarayu Rasā Yavyavati Drishadvati
Rishis	Saptarishi Gritsamada Vishvamitra Vamadeva Atri Angiras Bharadvaja Vasishtha Dirghatamas

Mahabharata

Traditional author
and narrators

Books (parvas)

Kingdoms
and Tribes

Kuru
- Hastinapur
- Indraprastha
- Kurukshetra
Panchala
- Kampilya
- Ahichchhatra
Anarta
- Dvaraka
Gandhara
Matsya
- Upaplavya
Madra
Kunti
Magadha
Chedi
Kashi
Kosala
Sindhu
Shalva
Avanti
Anga
Kekaya
Kalinga
Vidarbha
Pandya
Trigarta
Bahlikas
Kambojas
Yadavas
- Vrishni
- Bhoja
Nishadas
more

Major Events

Characters

Pandava Alliance	Pandavas Yudhishthira Bhima Arjuna Nakula Sahadeva Krishna Role in the Mahabharata Dhrishtadyumna Drupada Virata Satyaki Abhimanyu Shikhandi Dhrishtaketu Ghatotkacha Uttamaujas and Yudhamanyu Draupadeyas Yuyutsu Iravan Uttara Sahadeva Jayatsena
Kaurava Alliance	Kauravas Duryodhana Dushasana Vikarna 97 more Bhishma Drona Karna Shalya Ashvatthama Shakuni Kripa Jayadratha Kritavarma Bahlika Bhurishravas Bhagadatta Vinda and Anuvinda Susharma Sudakshina Shrutayudha Lakshmana Uluka Vrishasena
Remaining Kuru Family	Shantanu Satyavati Chitrangada Vichitravirya Ambika Ambalika Dhritarashtra Gandhari Pandu Kunti Madri Vidura Draupadi Subhadra Ulupi Chitrāngadā Babhruvahana Uttarā Parikshit Janamejaya Dushala
Other notable	Amba Balarama Chitrasena Deva Agni Ashvins Brahma Dharma Indra Shiva Surya Varuna Vayu Vishnu Dhaumya Durvasa Ekalavya Ganga Hanuman Hidimba Hidimbi Jarasandha Jatasura Kichaka Kindama Lomasha Narada Parashurama Purochana Rukmi Samvarana Sanjaya Satyabhama Shishupala Sudeshna Tapati Vyasa more

Upakhyana
(minor episodes)

Nala Upakhyana
- Nala
- Damayanti
- Pushkara
Rama Upakhyana
- Rama
- Sita
- Lakshmana
- Ravana
Savitri Upakhyana
Shakuntala
- Dushyanta
- Bharata
- Kanva
Yayati

See also

Category

v t e Sampradayas of Vaishnavism
Major traditions	Brahma Sampradaya of Madhvacharya Sri Sampradaya of Ramanuja Kumara Sampradaya of Nimbarka Rudra Sampradaya of Vishnuswami
Related traditions	Historical Bhagavatism Vaikhanasas Pancharatra Tenkalai Vadakalai Krishnaism Warkari Mahanubhava Sadh Haridasa Sahajiya Baul Pushtimarg Ekasarana Gaudiya Manipuri Radha-Vallabha Ramanandi Kapadi Balmiki Kabir panth Dadu panth Pranami Swaminarayan Ayyavazhi Mahanam
Vedanta Philosophies	Dvaitadvaita Dvaita Vishishtadvaita Shuddhadvaita Achintya Bheda Abheda

v t e Chaitanya (Gaudiya) Sampradaya
Notable figure's pre-Chaitanya	Mādhavendra Purī Īśvara Purī
Pancha-tattva	Chaitanya Nityananda Advaita Acharya Gadadhara Pandita Srivasa Thakura
Post-Chaitanya	Six Goswamis (Rupa, Sanatana, Jiva, Raghunatha dasa, Gopala Bhatta, Raghunatha Bhatta) Baladeva Vidyabhushana Gopalas Haridasa Thakur Krishnadasa Narottama Svarupa Damodara Visvanatha Chakravarti
Modern	Bhaktivinoda Bijoy Krishna Bon Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami Gaurakiṣora Govinda Haridas Shastri Harikesa Swami Jayapataka Swami Kailasa Candra Keshava Krishna Prem Narayana Paramadwaiti Puri Sadananda Sarasvati Satyanarayana Shrivatsa Goswami Sridhar Swami (Prabhupada) Tirtha Vamandas
Organizations	Advaita Parivāra Gadadhara_Pandita#Gadadhara_Parivara Gaudiya Math Gaudiya Mission Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti ISKCON ISKCON Revival Movement Science of Identity Foundation Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Sri Sri Radha Govindaji Trust World Vaisnava Association
Theology	Kr̥ṣṇa Rādhā Rasa (theology) Kirtan Japa Bhāgavata Purāṇa Hare Krishna Achintya Bheda Abheda
Writers	Vrindavana Dasa Thakura
Gauḍīya texts	Chaitanya Charitamrita Chaitanya Bhagavata
Offshoots	Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat Mahanam Sampraday
See Also	Vaishnavism Hinduism portal

v t e Alvars
Poigai Alvar Bhoothath Alvar Pey Alvar Tirumalisai Alvar Nammalvar Madhurakavi Alvar Kulasekhara Alvar Periyalvar Andal Thondaradippodi Alvar Thiruppaan Alvar Thirumangai Alvar
Divya Desams Divya Prabandha Mangalasasanam

v t e Nar Narayan Dev Gadi and Lakshmi Narayan Dev Gadi
Swaminarayan Temples (Mandirs)	Ahmedabad Vadtal Bhuj Dholera Gadhada Junagadh Mumbai London Auckland Karachi New Jersey Nairobi Cardiff Oldham Sarangpur Itasca, Illinois Wheeling, Illinois Brighton Downey Bhuj (New temple) Bolton List of Swaminarayan temples
Establishments	Swaminarayan Museum
Major Deities	Swaminarayan Nar Narayan Lakshmi Narayan Radha Krishna Radha Ramana Rama Revati-Baldevji Gopinathji Maharaj Madan Mohan Dev Hanuman Ganesha Shiva Parvati Suryanarayan
Noted Saints	Muktanand Swami Brahmanand Swami Premanand Swami Gopalanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Gunatitanand Swami Nityanand Swami
Scriptures and other books	Vachanamrut Shikshapatri Shrimad Satsangi Jivan Swamini Vato Desh Vibhag Lekh
Present Heads	Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj (Ahmedabad) Acharya Shree Ajendraprasadji Maharaj (Vadtal) Acharya Shree Rakeshprasadji Maharaj (Vadtal)
Devotional Songs	Jay Sadguru Swami Shri Radhika Krishnashtaka
Organisations	Nar Narayan Dev Gadi ISSO NNDYM Lakshmi Narayan Dev Gadi ISSM SSAUSM Swaminarayan Gurukul

v t e Madhva religious figures
Madhvacharya (1199–1278) Naraharitirtha (1243–1333) Akshobhya Tirtha (1282–1350) Jayatirtha (c. 1345 – c. 1388) Sripadaraya (Sripadaraja) (1404–1502) Vyasatirtha (1460–1539) Vadirajatirtha (1480–1600) Vijayendra Tirtha (1514–1593) Purandara Dasa (1484–1564) Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609) Raghuttama Tirtha (1548–1595) Raghavendra Swami (1595–1671) Satyanatha Tirtha (1648–1674) Vijaya Dasa (1682–1755) Gopala Dasa (1721–1769) Jagannatha Dasa (1728–1809)

63 Nayanars

v t e Shaktism
History
Devi	Mahadevi Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Sati Shakti Durga Navadurga Mahakali Bhadrakali Radha Sita More
Matrikas	Brahmani Maheshvari Kaumari Vaishnavi Varahi Indrani Chamunda
Mahavidya	Kali Tara Tripura Sundari Bhuvaneshvari Bhairavi Chhinnamasta Dhumavati Bagalamukhi Matangi Kamalatmika
Navadurga	Shailaputri Brahmacharini Chandraghanta Kushmanda Skandamata Katyayani Kalaratri Mahagauri Siddhidhatri
Shakta pithas	Bimala Kalighat Kamakhya Taratarini Tulja Bhavani Mahalakshmi More...
Texts	Devi Mahatmya Devi-Bhagavata Purana Kalika Purana Shakta Upanishads Sita Upanishad Tripuratapini Upanishad Devi Upanishad Tripura Upanishad Bhavana Upanishad Saubhagyalakshmi Upanishad Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad Lalita Sahasranama Saundarya Lahari
Other Texts	Abirami Antati
Regional variations	Caribbean Shaktism
Hinduism Tantra

Hindu holy cities

India

Char Dham	Badrinath Badrinath Temple Dwarka Dwarkadhish Temple Puri Jagannath Temple Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy Temple
Chota Char Dham	Badrinath Badrinath Temple Gangotri Kedarnath Kedarnath Temple Yamunotri Yamunotri Temple
Panch Kedar	Kalpeshwar Kedarnath Madhyamaheshwar Rudranath Tungnath
Pancharama Kshetras	Amararama Draksharama Ksheerarama Kumararama Somarama
Six Abodes of Murugan	Palani Pazhamudircholai Swamimalai Thiruparankundram Thiruttani Tiruchendur
Trilinga Kshetras	Draksharama Kaleshwaram Srisailam
Ashtavinayaka	Lenyadri Girijatmaja Mahad Varadvinayaka Morgaon Mayureshwara Ozar Vighneswara Pali Ballaleshwara Ranjangaon Mahaganapati Siddhatek Siddhivinayaka Theur Chintamani
Jyotirlinga	Deoghar Vaidyanath Dwarka Nageshvara Ellora Caves Grishneshwar Kedarnath Kedarnath Khandwa Omkareshwar Veraval Somnath Rajgurunagar Bhimashankar Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy Srisailam Mallikājuna Trimbak Trimbakeshwar Ujjain Mahakaleshwar Varanasi Kasi Vishvanath
Panchabootha Lingas	Annamalai (Fire) Tiruvannamalai Chidambaram (Ether) Chidambaram Ekambareswarar (Earth) Kanchipuram Jambukeswarar (Water) Thiruvanaikaval Srikalahasti (Air) Srikalahasti
Pancha Sabhas	Art/Chithiram, Courtallam Copper/Thamiram, Nellai Emerald/Rathinam, Thiruvalangadu Gold/Pon, Thillai Silver/Velli, Madurai
Sapta Puris	Avantika Ayodhya Dwaravati Kanchi Kashi Mathura Maya
Shakta pithas	Vimala Temple Taratarini Temple Kamakhya Temple Kalighat Kali Temple Kukkuteswara Temple Koneswaram Temple Kamakshi Amman Temple Chamundeshwari Temple Mahalakshmi Temple Biraja Temple Alopi Devi Mandir Mangla Gauri Temple Vishalakshi Temple Others
Kumbha Kshetras	Haridwar Haridwar Kumbha Mela Nashik-Trimbak Nashik-Trimbak Kumbha Mela Prayagraj (Prayaga) Prayaga Kumbha Mela Ujjain Ujjain kumbha Mela
Sun Temple for Chhath Puja	Deo Sun Temple Umga Sun Temple
Navagraha temples	Suryanar Kovil Kailasanathar Temple Vaitheeswaran Koil Swetharanyeswarar Temple Apatsahayesvarar Temple Agniswarar Temple Tirunallar Saniswaran Temple Rahu Stalam Nagannathaswamy Temple
Important	Amarnath Aundha Gokarna Khajuraho Kudalasangama Lingaraj Paadal Petra Sthalam Thanjavur Tirupati Thiruvarur Thrissur Vaikom
Samadhis	Alandi Belur Math Tulsi Ghat Meherabad Shirdi Gorakhpur Panchaganga Ghat Puri Nagpur Prasanthi Nilayam
Others	Ahobilam Ambaji Ambalappuzha Annavaram Arunachala Basar Bhadrachalam Chidambaram Chitrakoot Chottanikkara Dakor Dakshineswar Kali Temple Deo Dharmasthala Ettumanoor Gaya Gokul Guruvayur Indraprastha Jageshwar Jajpur Kalighat Kanyakumari Katra Vaishno Devi Khatu Kollur Kumbakonam Kurukshetra Madurai Mangalagiri Mayapur Nabadwip Nashik Nathdwara Pandharpur Prayag (Triveni Sangam) Pushkar Pushpagiri Temple Complex Rishikesh Ryali Sabarimala Shakta pitha Simhachalam Somnath Sonamukhi Sri Kurmam Sringeri Srirangam Swaminarayan Akshardham (Gandhinagar) Swaminarayan Akshardham (New Delhi) Thrippunithura Tiruchanur Tirumala Tirunavaya Udupi Velliangiri Vemulawada Vijayawada Vrindavan Yadagirigutta

Out of India

Pancheshwarams	Ketheeshwaram Koneswaram Munneshwaram Naguleshwaram Thondeshwaram
Others	Ati Konanayakar Kataragama Kokkadicholai Thaanthonreeswarar Pathirakali Amman Temple Thambiluvil Kannaki Amman Temple Thambiluvil Sri Sivalinga Pillayar Temple Thirukkovil Temple

v t e Festivals in the Hindu calendar
Major festivals	Ayudha Puja Chhath Diwali Durga Puja Ganesh Chaturthi Holi Krishna Janmashtami Maha Shivaratri Navaratri Rama Navami Thaipusam Vijayadashami
Harvest festivals	Bandna Bhogi Lohri Maghi Maghe Sankranti Makar Sankranti Onam Pongal Kaanum Pongal Mattu Pongal Pusnâ Sohrai
New year's days	Balipratipada Bohag Bihu Bisu Parba Chaitra Navaratri Cheti Chand Gudi Padwa Mesha Sankranti Mha Puja Jur Sital Navreh Nyepi Maha Bishuba Sankranti Pahela Baishakh Puthandu Sajibu Nongma Panba Sankranti Ugadi Vaisakhi Vishu
Other festivals	Aadi Perukku Balipratipada Bhai Dooj Datta Jayanti Dhanteras Gaura Parva Govardhan Puja Gowri Habba Hanuman Jayanti Kali Puja Karthika Deepam Karva Chauth Kashmiri Hindu festivals Lakshmi Puja Kumbh Mela Mahalakshmi Vrata Mahamaham Mha Puja Panguni Uthiram Pargat Diwas Raksha Bandhan Ratha-Yatra Savitri Vrata Surasamharam Swanti Teej Tihar Kukur Tihar Thiruvathira Tulasi Vivaha Vaikasi Visakam Vishwakarma Puja
Holy days	Akshaya Tritiya Amalaka Ekadashi Amavasya Ananta Chaturdashi Ashadhi Ekadashi Guru Purnima Kamada Ekadashi Kartik Purnima Naga Panchami Naraka Chaturdashi Narali Purnima Nirjala Ekadashi Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Prabodhini Ekadashi Pradosha Rishi Panchami Sankashti Chaturthi Sharad Purnima Shayani Ekadashi Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Vaikuntha Ekadashi Varuthini Ekadashi Vasant Panchami Vat Purnima
Balinese festivals	Galungan Nyepi
Holy periods	Chaturmasya Dakshinayana Pitru Paksha Uttarayana
Hindu festivals

v t e 16 Hindu Saṃskāras (rites of passage)
Pre-natal	Garbhādhāna Puṁsavana Sīmantonnayana
Childhood	Jātakarman Nāmakaraṇa Niṣkramaṇa Annaprāśana Cūḍākaraṇa Karṇavedha
Educational	Vidyārambha Upanayana Vedārāmbha Keśānta Samāvartana
Marriage	Vivāha
Last	Antyeṣṭi
Related topics	Nishekam Pumsavana Simantonayana

v t e Death in Hinduism
Goal	Moksha Svarga
Rituals	Antyesti: Shmashana and Cremation ghats Burial in Hinduism Ngaben Pinda Post-Antyesti rituals: Niravapanjali Tarpana Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi
Other related	Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara Vaitarani Yama Hindu genealogy registers
See also	History Denominations Sampradaya Parampara Philosophy Texts Dharmic religions

v t e Hindu reform movements
Reform movements	Adi Dharm/Brahmoism Brahmo Samaj Sadharan Brahmo Samaj Advait Mat Divine Light Mission American Meditation Institute Ananda Ananda Ashrama Ananda Marga Anandamayee Sangha Art of Living Arya Samaj Ayyavazhi Brahma Kumaris Chinmaya Mission Datta Yoga Divine Life Society Hanuman Foundation Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy International Vedanta ISKCON ISKCON Revival Isha Foundation Kriya Yoga Mahima Dharma Mata Amritanandamayi Math Matua Mahasangha Narayana Dharma Prarthana Samaj Ramakrishna Mission / Vedanta Societies Ravidassia Sahaja Yoga Sant Mat Radha Soami Sathya Sai Baba movement Satsang Satya Dharma Satyashodhak Samaj Science of Identity Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Sivananda yoga Sri Aurobindo Ashram Sri Ramana Ashram Abidance in Truth Swadhyay Parivar NNDYM Transcendental Meditation
Topics	Bhakti Brahmacharya Caste Godmen God Speaks Moksha Neo-Vedanta Perfect Master Shuddhi Women in Hinduism
Saints, and Philosophers	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Amritanandamayi Anandamayi Ma Anukulchandra Chakravarty Arumuka Navalar Athavale Aurobindo Boro Maa Bankim Chandra Chatterjee BK Shivani Chaganti Koteswara Rao Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chinmayananda Saraswati Chinna Jeeyar Chinmoy Dayananda Saraswati Daya Mata Ganapathi Sachchidananda Garikapati Narasimha Rao Haidakhan Babaji Haranath Thakur Hariharananda Giri Jaggi Vasudev Jiddu Krishnamurti Jyotirao Phule Kalki Bhagawan Kripalu Maharaj Kriyananda Lekhraj Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Mahatma Gandhi Meher Baba Mirra Alfassa Mukundananda Narayana Guru Narayan Maharaj Neem Karoli Nirmala Om Swami Parashara Paramananda Prem Rawat Ram Dass Ram Mohan Roy Ramakrishna Ramana Maharshi Ravi Shankar Sarkar Sathya Sai Baba Shiridi Sai Baba Sen, K. C. Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma Shraddhanand Sister Nivedita Sivananda Swami Rama Swami Samarth Sarvapriyananda Tagore, D. Tilak Vaswani Vipulananda Upasani Maharaj Vishnudevananda Vivekananda Yogananda more
General	Indian diaspora Indianisation Indian-origin religions Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism

v t e Bengal Renaissance
People	Sri Aurobindo Atul Prasad Sen Rajnarayan Basu Sukanta Bhattacharya Debendra Mohan Bose Jagadish Chandra Bose Subhash Chandra Bose Satyendra Nath Bose Madhusudan Gupta Bethune Upendranath Brahmachari Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Akshay Kumar Datta Henry Derozio Alexander Duff Michael Madhusudan Dutt Romesh Chunder Dutt Anil Kumar Gain Kadambini Ganguly Monomohun Ghose Ramgopal Ghosh David Hare Kazi Nazrul Islam Eugène Lafont Mahanambrata Brahmachari Ashutosh Mukherjee Kalikrishna Mitra Harish Chandra Mukherjee Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Raja Ram Mohan Roy Meghnad Saha Akshay Chandra Sarkar Mahendralal Sarkar Brajendra Nath Seal Girish Chandra Sen Keshub Chandra Sen Haraprasad Shastri Debendranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore Jnanadanandini Devi Fanindra Nath Gooptu Sitanath Tattwabhushan Brahmabandhav Upadhyay Ram Chandra Vidyabagish Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Swami Vivekananda Paramahansa Yogananda Begum Rokeya
Culture	Bengali literature Bengali poetry Bengali music Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Bhadralok Brahmoism Brahmo Samaj Gaudiya Math Mahanam Sampraday Nazrul geeti Rabindra Nritya Natya Rabindra Sangeet Sambad Prabhakar Satyagraha Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Swadeshi Tattwabodhini Patrika Young Bengal
Education	Chittagong College Indian Statistical Institute Hindu School Jadavpur University Presidency University University of Calcutta Bethune College University of Dhaka Visva-Bharati University Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine

Bengali Hindus

Society

Groups	Babu Bangal Bhadralok Ghoti
Castes	Aguri Bagdi Baidya Baishya Kapali Baishya Saha Barujibi Bauri Brahmin Chunaru Dom Gandhabanik Suvarna Banik Hari Jalia Kaibarta Kansabanik Karmakar Kayastha Kulin Maulika Mahishya Mal Namasudra Sadgop Shunri Nath Yogi

Religion

Books	Bhagavad Gita Chandi Panchali Matuasmritokotha
Sects	Brahmo Kartabhaja Shaiva Shakta Vaishnava
Orders	Adi Brahmo Samaj Ananda Marga Bharat Sevashram Sangha Brahmo Conference Organisation Brahmo Samaj Gaudiya Math Gaudiya Mission International Society for Krishna Consciousness Matua Mahasangha Ramakrishna Order Self-Realization Fellowship Sri Aurobindo Ashram Vedanta Society Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
Festivals	Poila Baisakh Rabindra Jayanti Akshaya Tritiya Buddho Purnima Shashthi Savitri Brata Ambubachi Mela Dhamrai Jagannath Roth Jhulan Purnima Janmashtami Bhadu Ganesh Chaturthi Vishwakarma Puja Durga Puja Lakshmi Puja Diwali Kali Puja Bhai Phonta Shakta Rash Nabanna Jagaddhatri Puja Kalpataru Day Swami Vivekananda's Birthday Makar Sankranti Maghotsab Saraswati Puja Maha Shivaratri Dol Purnima Holi Gajan

Culture

Music	Rabindra Sangeet Shyama Sangeet Kirtan Bishnupur gharana
Dance	Gaudiya Nritya Rabindra Nritya Natya
Literature	Vaishnava Padavali Mangal-Kavya Panchali Kallol Hungry generation

Folk culture

Folk art	Dhokra Sholapith
Folk dance	Raibenshe Chhau Paika Dhamail Alkap Gombhira Kavigan

Others

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History	Colonisation Porto Grande de Bengala Dutch Bengal East India Company British Raj French India Portuguese India Battle of Plassey Battle of Buxar Anglo-Mysore Wars First Second Third Fourth Anglo-Maratha Wars First Second Third Gwalior Polygar Wars Vellore Mutiny First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Sannyasi rebellion Rebellion of 1857 Radcliffe Line more
Philosophies and ideologies	Ambedkarism Gandhism Hindu nationalism Indian nationalism Khilafat Movement Muslim nationalism in South Asia Satyagraha Socialism Swadeshi movement Swaraj
Events and movements	Partition of Bengal 1905 1947 Revolutionaries Direct Action Day Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy The Indian Sociologist Singapore Mutiny Hindu–German Conspiracy Champaran Satyagraha Kheda Satyagraha Rowlatt Committee Rowlatt Bills Jallianwala Bagh massacre Noakhali riots Non-cooperation movement Christmas Day Plot Coolie-Begar movement Prince of Wales riots Chauri Chaura incident Kakori conspiracy Qissa Khwani massacre Flag Satyagraha Bardoli 1928 Protests Nehru Report Fourteen Points of Jinnah Purna Swaraj Salt March Dharasana Satyagraha Vedaranyam March Chittagong armoury raid Gandhi–Irwin Pact Round table conferences Act of 1935 Aundh Experiment Indian Legion Cripps Mission Quit India Congress Radio Bombay Mutiny Royal Air Force strikes Coup d'état of Yanaon Provisional Government of India Independence Day Praja Mandala movement Lucknow Pact
Organisations	All India Kisan Sabha All-India Muslim League Anushilan Samiti Arya Samaj Azad Hind Berlin Committee Ghadar Movement Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Indian National Congress India House Indian Home Rule movement Indian Independence League Indian National Army Jugantar Khaksar movement Khudai Khidmatgar Swaraj Party more
Social reformers	Ashfaqulla Khan A. Vaidyanatha Iyer Ayya Vaikundar Ayyankali B. R. Ambedkar Baba Amte Bal Gangadhar Tilak Dayananda Saraswati Dhondo Keshav Karve G. Subramania Iyer Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Gopal Hari Deshmukh Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar J. B. Kripalani Jyotirao Phule Kandukuri Veeresalingam Mahadev Govind Ranade Mahatma Gandhi Muthulakshmi Reddy Narayana Guru Niralamba Swami Pandita Ramabai Periyar Ram Mohan Roy Rettamalai Srinivasan Sahajanand Saraswati Savitribai Phule Shahu Sister Nivedita Sri Aurobindo Syed Ahmad Khan Vakkom Moulavi Vinoba Bhave Vitthal Ramji Shinde Vivekananda
Independence activists	Abul Kalam Azad Accamma Cherian Achyut Patwardhan A. K. Fazlul Huq Alluri Sitarama Raju Annapurna Maharana Annie Besant Aruna Asaf Ali Ashfaqulla Khan Babu Kunwar Singh Bagha Jatin Bahadur Shah II Bakht Khan Bal Gangadhar Tilak Basawon Singh Begum Hazrat Mahal Bhagat Singh Bharathidasan Bhavabhushan Mitra Bhikaiji Cama Bhupendra Kumar Datta Bidhan Chandra Roy Bipin Chandra Pal C. Rajagopalachari Chandra Shekhar Azad Chetram Jatav Chittaranjan Das Dadabhai Naoroji Dayananda Saraswati Dhan Singh Dukkipati Nageswara Rao Gopal Krishna Gokhale Govind Ballabh Pant Hakim Ajmal Khan Har Dayal Hemu Kalani Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi Jatindra Mohan Sengupta Jatindra Nath Das Jawaharlal Nehru K. Kamaraj Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Khudiram Bose Shri Krishna Singh Lala Lajpat Rai M. Bhaktavatsalam M. N. Roy Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi Mahadaji Shinde Mahatma Gandhi Mangal Pandey Mir Qasim Mithuben Petit Mohammad Ali Jauhar Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari Nagnath Naikwadi Nana Fadnavis Nana Saheb P. Kakkan Prafulla Chaki Pritilata Waddedar Purushottam Das Tandon Rafi Ahmed Kidwai R. Venkataraman Rahul Sankrityayan Rajendra Prasad Ram Prasad Bismil Rani Lakshmibai Rash Behari Bose Sahajanand Saraswati Sangolli Rayanna Sarojini Naidu Satyapal Dang Shuja-ud-Daula Shyamji Krishna Varma Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi Siraj ud-Daulah Subhas Chandra Bose Subramania Bharati Subramaniya Siva Surya Sen Syama Prasad Mukherjee Tara Rani Srivastava Tarak Nath Das Tatya Tope Tiruppur Kumaran Ubaidullah Sindhi V. O. Chidamabaram V. K. Krishna Menon Vallabhbhai Patel Vanchinathan Veeran Sundaralingam Virendranath Chattopadhyaya Yashwantrao Holkar Yogendra Shukla more
British leaders	Wavell Canning Cornwallis Irwin Chelmsford Curzon Ripon Minto Dalhousie Bentinck Mountbatten Wellesley Lytton Clive Outram Cripps Linlithgow Hastings
Independence	Cabinet Mission Constitution Republic of India Indian annexation of Goa Indian Independence Act Partition of India Political integration Simla Conference

v t e Modern Hindu writers (1848 to date)
Hinduism Hinduism in the West Indian philosophy Indian religions
Religious writers	Mirra Alfassa (The Mother) Sri Anirvan Sri Aurobindo Ananda Coomaraswamy Eknath Easwaran Satsvarupa dasa Goswami Mahendranath Gupta Jiddu Krishnamurti Nisargadatta Maharaj Ramana Maharshi A. G. Mohan Sister Nivedita Swami Prabhavananda A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Krishna Prem Swami Rama Srivatsa Ramaswami Swami Ramdas Chinmayananda Saraswati Dayananda Saraswati (Arya Samaj) Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya) Krishnananda Saraswati Sivananda Saraswati Swami Satprakashananda Swami Shraddhanand Swami Vivekananda Paramahansa Yogananda
Political writers	Mahatma Gandhi Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Literary writers	Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Ramdhari Singh Dinkar C. Rajagopalachari K. D. Sethna Amish Tripathi
Westerners influenced by Hinduism	Annie Besant Helena Blavatsky Deepak Chopra Aleister Crowley Ram Dass Wayne Dyer T. S. Eliot R.W. Emerson Allen Ginsberg René Guénon George Harrison Aldous Huxley Christopher Isherwood David Lynch André Malraux Henry Miller Maria Montessori H.S. Olcott Oppenheimer Helena Roerich Romain Rolland Arthur Schopenhauer Erwin Schrödinger Thoreau Leo Tolstoy Voltaire Alan Watts Ken Wilber W. B. Yeats
Scholars	Alain Daniélou S. N. Balagangadhara Paul Deussen Dharampal Mircea Eliade Sister Gargi Georg Feuerstein Klaus Klostermaier Hajime Nakamura Anantanand Rambachan Graham Schweig
Lists	List of modern Eastern religions writers List of writers on Hinduism
Hinduism Portal India Portal

Ramakrishna

Life

Family	Sarada Devi
Places	Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kamarpukur Jayrambati
Events	Kalpataru Day Ramakrishna's samadhi Relationship between Ramakrishna and Vivekananda

Philosophy

Philosophy	Bhakti Gita Kali Tantra Vedanta
Teachings	Teachings of Ramakrishna Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Ramakrishna's influence

Disciples

Monastic disciples	Vivekananda Abhedananda Adbhutananda Advaitananda Akhandananda Brahmananda Niranjanananda Nirmalananda Premananda Ramakrishnananda Saradananda Shivananda Subodhananda Trigunatitananda Turiyananda Vijnanananda Yogananda
Lay disciples	Adhar Sen Akshay Kumar Sen Balaram Bose Devendra Nath Majumdar Durga Charan Nag Girish Chandra Ghosh Gopaler Ma Keshab Chandra Sen Mahendranath Gupta Ram Chandra Datta Surendra Nath Mitra

Memorials

Studies

Swami Vivekananda

Biography

Works and
philosophy

Teachings and philosophy	Teachings and philosophy Vivekananda and meditation Influence and legacy of Vivekananda Neo-Vedanta
Books	Bibliography Sangeet Kalpataru Bartaman Bharat The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Inspired Talks Jnana Yoga Karma Yoga Lectures from Colombo to Almora My Master Raja Yoga The East and the West
Poems/songs	"Kali the Mother" Khandana Bhava–Bandhana "My Play is Done" The Hymn of Samadhi The Song of the Sannyasin To the Fourth of July Nachuk Tahate Shyama
Lectures	"Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism" Christ, the Messenger Religion not the crying need of India Vedanta Philosophy
Miscellaneous	Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha

Foundations

Disciples
and friends

Monastic disciples	Shuddhananda Virajananda Swarupananda Paramananda
Other disciples and friends	Ajit Singh of Khetri Alasinga Perumal Haridas Viharidas Desai Emma Calvé J. J. Goodwin John Henry Wright Josephine MacLeod Sara Chapman Bull Sister Christine Sister Nivedita Abhayananda William Hastie

Memorials

Depictions

Films	Swami Vivekananda (1955) Bireswar Vivekananda (1964) Swami Vivekananda (1998) Swamiji (2012) The Light: Swami Vivekananda (2013)
Dramas	Biley Bireswar

Namesake
educational
institutions

Books about

Researchers

Mahatma Gandhi

Life events
and movements

Philosophy

Publications

Influences

Associates

Legacy

Family

Karamchand Gandhi (father)
Kasturba (wife)
Harilal (son)
Manilal (son)
Ramdas (son)
Devdas (son)
Maganlal (cousin)
Samaldas (nephew)
Arun (grandson)
Ela (granddaughter)
Rajmohan (grandson)
Gopalkrishna (grandson)
Ramchandra (grandson)
Kanu (grandson)
Kanu (grandnephew)
Tushar (great-grandson)
Leela (great-granddaughter)

Influenced

Memorials

Statues	Ghana India Patna National Salt Satyagraha Memorial New Delhi South Africa Johannesburg Pietermaritzburg UK Parliament Square Tavistock Square U.S. Davis Denver Houston Milwaukee New York San Francisco San Jose Washington, D.C.
Observances	Gandhi Jayanti International Day of Non-Violence Martyrs' Day Season for Nonviolence
Other	Aga Khan Palace Gandhi Bhawan Gandhi Mandapam Gandhi Market Bookstores Gandhi Promenade Gandhi Smriti Gandhi Memorial Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya Gandhi Teerth Gandhi Temple, Bhatara Kaba Gandhi No Delo Kirti Mandir Mahatma Gandhi College Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Centre, Matale Mani Bhavan Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot National Gandhi Museum Raj Ghat Roads named after Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram Satyagraha House

v t e Sathya Sai Baba
Devotees	Joan Brown Alice Coltrane Maynard Ferguson Dana Gillespie Najma Heptulla Narayana Kasturi Girija Prasad Koirala Sachin Tendulkar Shivraj Patil Isaac Tigrett Atal Bihari Vajpayee A. P. J. Abdul Kalam N. Chandrababu Naidu Sunil Gavaskar V. V. S. Laxman P. V. Narasimha Rao
Related articles	Sathya Sai Baba Movement Sathya Sai Organization Bibliography of Sathya Sai Baba Prasanthi Nilayam Puttaparthi Shrinivas Sugandhalaya
Institutions	Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences

v t e Hinduism in Europe
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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard