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Practices — South Asian traditions
The practices filed under South Asian traditions.
What people do,
not only what they say.
Rites and practices
Practices in South Asian traditions
Indian subcontinent and its diaspora, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
46 practices
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Kumbh Mela Hindu pilgrimage and festival celebrated in India -
Advaita Vedanta School of Hindu philosophy; a classic path to spiritual realization - bhakti Devotional love, a concept in Indian religions
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puja Prayer ritual performed by Hindus of devotional worship -
Durga Puja Hindu festival in Indian subcontinent - Tradition Rāja yoga One of the four major yogic paths of Hinduism
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Christianity · Islam Pongal Multi-day annual harvest Tamils festival in South India and Sri Lanka various region -
Buddhist traditions Makar Sankranti Hindu festival that reveres Surya (sun god) -
Upanayana Hindu rite of passage when a student enters a school, particularly Vedic school -
Pitru Paksha Ancestral Worship from Hindu religion -
Antyesti Funeral rites for the dead in Hinduism - Tradition Sallekhana Jain ritual for religious death
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Bhai Dooj Festival celebrated by Hindus - Chudakarana Hindu religious sacrement and infant haircut
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Chota Char Dham Hindu pilgrimage circuit of four sites in India -
Bhogi First day of the South Indian festival Pongal -
Kanwar Yatra Tradition or Holy Custom of Hindu religion - Namakarana Hindu rite of passage with naming ceremony
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Annaprashana Hindu ritual that marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk -
Hindu wedding Marriage rituals in the Hindu culture - Jatakarma Hindu rite of passage celebrating the birth of a child
- Garbhadhana Hindu ritual
- Padayatra Journey undertaken by politicians or prominent citizens to interact more closely with different parts of society
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Panch Kedar Five Mahadev temple Hindu pilgrim circuit in the Garhwal region, Uttarakhand India - Pumsavana Hindu rite of passage during early pregnancy
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Ratha-Yatra Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath - Nishkramana Hindu sacrament
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Simhasana Kneeling posture in hatha yoga - Dol Purnima Indian Holi festival
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Paryushana Most important festivals for the Jains -
Vidyāraṃbhaṃ A Hindu tradition - Karnavedha One of the "Shodasha Samskaras"
- Keshanta Hindu rite of passage for young male
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Thiruvathira Women's festival in South Indian states Kerala, Tamilnadu -
Magh Bihu Traditional Harvest Festival of Assamese People -
Aadi Perukku South Indian Hindu festival -
Staff Pose Sitting asana -
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Diwali Deepavali in Jainism -
Tradition Poothan and Thira Cultural ritual in North Malabar, Kerala -
Ahoi Ashtami Indian Festival - Kodungallur bharani Hindu Festival
- Makaravilakku Holy festival
- Brahmotsava Hindu Utsava by Brahma
- Nishekam Hindu ritual associated with first sexual intercourse
- Seemantham South Indian tradition during later stage of pregnancy
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Shakta Rash One of the most celebrated festivals of Nabadwip, West Bengal
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South Asian traditions
Hinduism and its schools, Jainism, Sikhism, and the Vedic material behind them.