Directory 62 of 2,710 traditions
Traditions — South Asian traditions
The traditions filed under South Asian traditions.
Traditions in South Asian traditions
Indian subcontinent and its diaspora, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
62 traditions
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Hinduism Religion widely practiced in the Indian subcontinent -
Sikhism Monotheistic Indian religion -
Jainism Indian religion -
Shaivism Major tradition of Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being -
Vaishnavism Major Hindu tradition that reveres Vishnu as the Supreme Being - Shaktism Goddess-centric sect of Hinduism
- Historical Vedic religion 1500–500 BC Indo-Aryan religion of northwest India
- Nyaya One of six schools of Hindu philosophy
- Rāja yoga One of the four major yogic paths of Hinduism
- Smartha Tradition Tradition in Hinduism linked to Advaita Vedanta
- Śruti Authoritative scripture of Hinduism, created by Rishis (sages), after inspired creativity
- Brahmanism South Asian religion
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Ramakrishna Math Religious organizational movement related to Indian saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa - Gaudiya Vaishnavism Hindu religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
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Balinese Hinduism Form of Hinduism practiced in Bali -
Nath Yogi-based Shaivism tradition (Hinduism) -
Christianity Conversion of Paul the Apostle Event that led Paul to cease persecuting early Christians and to become an apostle of Jesus -
Bishnoi Environmental Friendly Hindu Community in India - Sallekhana Jain ritual for religious death
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Devaloka World of gods in Jain and Hindu mythology -
Shaiva Siddhanta Oldest form of Shaivism - Ganapatya Denomination of Hinduism that worships Ganesha
- Sant Mat Hindu spiritual movement in the Indian subcontinent in the 13th century
- Sri Vaishnavism Denomination within the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism
- Warkari Krishnaite Vaishnava tradition
- gramadevata Presiding or guardian deity of a Hindu village, towns or city
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Karuppannaswamy Tamil Hindu male deity
- Namdhari Sect of Sikhism
- shabda Sanskrit term refering to utterance in the sense of linguistic performance
- Sri Vidya Hindu tantric religious system
- Swaminarayan Hinduism Hindu sampradaya founded in 1801 by Sahajanand Swami
- Ekasarana Dharma A panentheistic religion propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva in the 15th-16th century in the Indian state of Assam
- Hindu reform movements Several contemporary Hindu groups
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Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Hindu denomination within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya - Kaumaram Hindu sect worshiping Kartikeya
- Pushtimarg Vaishnav sect of the Hinduism, founded by Vallabhacharya
- Akali movement Movement within Sikhism religion
- Haridasa Hindu tradition
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Mogalrajapuram caves 7th century cave temples in Vijayawada - Upamāṇa Hindu philosophical concept
- Brahma Sampradaya Disciplic succession of gurus starting with Brahma
- Saura Denomination of Hinduism, originating as a Vedic tradition, considering Surya as primary deity
- Mahanubhava Krishnaite Vaishnava denomination
- Nijanand Sampraday Monotheistic Hindu sect
- Nimbarka Sampradaya One of the Four Vaiṣṇava Bairagi Sampradāyas
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Poothan and Thira Cultural ritual in North Malabar, Kerala - Radha Vallabh Sampradaya Hindu tradition that consider Radha as the Supreme being
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Nirmala Sikh religious sect of ascetics from India - Pratyaksha Hindu philosophical concept
- Sadh Religious community
- Madhva tradition Major Vaishnava Sampradaya
- Shanmata One of many sects of Hinduism
- Vaishnava-Sahajiya Hindu Tantric tradition
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Bommalagutta A Jain heritage site near Kurikial village, Telangana - Hindu views on monotheism Different traditions of Hinduism have different theistic views
- Mahanam Sampraday Famous Religious tradition of Bengal
- Īśvarism
- Shirdi Sai Baba movement Religious movement of devotees of Indian saint Sai Baba of Shirdi
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Sree Sree Nagendra Math and Nagendra Mission Religious organizational movement related to Indian spiritual teacher and hatha yogi Nagendranath Bhaduri - Tantra Sangha Russian new Hindu denomination founded in the late 1980s
- Thenkalai Denomination within the Sri Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism
- Vadakalai Denomination within the Sri Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism
South Asian traditions
Hinduism and its schools, Jainism, Sikhism, and the Vedic material behind them.