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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 Dvaita Advaita Vishishtadvaita Nāstika: Charvaka

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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

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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
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Buddhist texts
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Tarka-Sangraha
Tattvacintāmaṇi
Tirukkuṟaḷ
Upanishads
- Minor
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra
Vedangas
Vedas
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Yoga Vasistha
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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

v t e Months of the Hindu calendar
Lunar	Chaitra Vaisakha Jyeshta Ashadha Shraavana Bhadra Ashvin Kartik Agrahayana (Margashirsha) Pausha Magha Phalguna Adhika-masa
Solar	Mesha Vṛṣabha Mithuna Karkaṭa Siṃha Kanyā Tulā Vṛścika Dhanu Makara Kumbha Mīna

v t e Navagraha
Surya Chandra Mangala Budha Brihaspati Shukra Shani Rahu 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 Shachi Kali Mahadevi Mahavidya Matangi Matrikas Radha Rati Rohini Rukmini Sanjna Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more
Other deities	Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danava Devata Dikpāla Gandharvas Gana Kuladevatas Gramadevatas Rakshasas Vahanas 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 Shachi Kali Mahadevi Mahavidya Matangi Matrikas Radha Rati Rohini Rukmini Sanjna Sati Shakti Shashthi Sita more
Other deities	Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danava Devata Dikpāla Gandharvas Gana Kuladevatas Gramadevatas Rakshasas Vahanas 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

v t e Mahabharata
Traditional author and narrators	Vyasa Vaisampayana Ugrashrava Sauti
Books (parvas)	Adi Sabha Vana Virata Udyoga Bhishma Bhagavad Gita Drona Karna Shalya Sauptika Stri Shanti Anushasana Ashvamedhika Ashramavasika Mausala Mahaprasthanika Svargarohana Harivamsha
Tribes	Main tribes Bharata Kauravas Pandavas Yadu Kunti Gandhara Matsya List of tribes Janapadas Mahajanapadas
Places	Capitals Hastinapur Indraprastha 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra Kurukshetra Jyotisar Panchagrama Indraprastha Pranaprastha Swarnaprastha Tilaprastha Vyagaprastha
Events	Svayamvara Kurukshetra War Vishvarupa Chakravyūha
Characters	Abhimanyu Amba Ambika Ambalika Arjuna Ashwatthama Bahlika Balarama Bhagadatta Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhurishravas Chitrāngada Chitrāngadā Damayanti Dhrishtadyumna Dhritarashtra Draupadi Drona Drupada Duhsala Durvasa Duryodhana Dushasana Dushyanta Ekalavya Gandhari Ganga Ghatotkacha Hidimba Hidimbi Iravan Janamejaya Jarasandha Jayadratha Karna Kichaka Kindama Kripa Krishna Role in the Mahabharata Kritavarma Kunti Lomasha Madri Nahusha Nakula Nala Pandu Parashurama Parikshit Purochana Pururavas Rukmi Rukmini Sahadeva Sanjaya Satyaki Satyavati Savitri Shantanu Shakuni Shakuntala Shalya Shikhandi Shishupala Subhadra Sudeshna Ulupi Upapandavas Uttara Uttarā Vichitravirya Vidura Vikarna Virata Vrishaketu Vrishasena Vyasa Yayati Yudhishthira Yuyutsu
Related	Avatars Kingdoms Vedic era Epic-Puranic chronology Sarasvati River
Category

v t e Ramayana
Ikshvaku dynasty	Dasharatha Kausalya Sumitra Kaikeyi Rama Bharata Lakshmana Shatrughna Sita Urmila Mandavi Shrutakirti Lava Kusha
Vanara	Hanuman Sugriva Vali Angada Tara Rumā Nala Nila Kesari Anjana Makaradhwaja
Rakshasa	Ravana Vibhishana Kumbhakarna Indrajit Akshayakumara Atikaya Kabandha Khara Dushana Mandodari Dhanyamalini Lavanasura Malyavan Maricha Mayasura Narantaka-Devantaka Prahasta Sarama Subahu Sulochana Sumali Shurpanakha Tataka Trijata Trishira Viradha
Sages	Agastya Ahalya Arundhati Bharadvaja Kambhoja Parashurama Vasishtha Vishvamitra Rishyasringa Valmiki
Other figures and concepts	Lakshmana rekha Jambavan Janaka Kushadhvaja Jatayu Manthara Maya Sita Sampati Shabari Shanta Shravana Kumara Vedavati Shambuka
Places	Ayodhya Mithila Dandakaranya Kishkindha Lanka Oshadhiparvata
Books/Kandas	Bala Ayodhya Aranya Kishkindha Sundara Yuddha Uttara
Versions	Adbhuta Ramayana Adhyathmaramayanam Adhyatma Ramayana Ananda Ramayana Bhanubhakta Ramayana Bhaṭṭikāvya Bilanka Ramayana Hikayat Seri Rama Jagamohana Ramayana Kakawin Ramayana Kamba Ramayanam Krittivasi Ramayana Maharadia Lawana Phra Lak Phra Ram Raghunatha Ramayana Ramakien Ramayana Kalpavruksham Ramcharitmanas Ranganatha Ramayanamu Reamker Saptakanda Ramayana Sri Ramayana Darshanam Sri Ramayanamu Trai Bhet Yama Zatdaw
Related	Ramlila

v t e Puranas
Mahapurana	Brahma Brahmanda Brahma Vaivarta Markendeya Bhavishya Vamana Vishnu Bhagavata Naradiya Garuda Padma Varaha Vayu Linga Skanda Agni Matsya Kurma Shiva
Upapurana	Brihaddharma Sanat-kumara Purana Ganesha Kalki Kalika Kapila Mudgala Narasimha Samba Saura Shivarahasya Vishnudharmottara

Yoga

Subtle body

Hinduism

Three Yogas	Karma yoga Bhakti yoga Jnana yoga and sometimes Rāja yoga
Philosophy	Bhagavad Gita Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Yoga Vasistha Yoga Yajnavalkya
Concepts	Eight limbs Yama Niyama Asana Lotus position Pranayama Pratyahara Dhāraṇā Dhyana Samadhi Kriyā Mantra Pranava Nada Surat Shabd Aghor Yoga Mudras Bandha Mahamudra Viparita Karani List Nyasa Kumbhaka Sama vritti Shatkarmas Neti Dhauti Nauli Basti Kapalabhati Bhastrika Trataka Tapas Sādhanā
Tantra	Yogi Yogini Siddhi Mahasiddha Shaiva Siddhanta Laya Yoga Kundalini Sexual Yoga
Hatha yoga	Amaraugha Prabodha Amritasiddhi Bahr al-Hayat Hathabhyasapaddhati Hatha Ratnavali Hatha Yoga Pradipika Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience Gheranda Samhita Joga Pradipika Shiva Samhita Sritattvanidhi Vasishtha Samhita Vimanarcanakalpa Yogasopana Purvacatuska

Buddhism

Theravada	Samatha Samadhi (Buddhism) Vipassana Anapanasati Visuddhimagga
Mahayana	India Yogachara Japan Tendai Zazen
Vajrayana	India Kriyayoga (Buddhist) Caryayoga Anuttarayoga Sahajayana Tibet Devata yoga Yantra yoga Six Yogas of Naropa Tummo Ösel Karmamudra Milam Bardo Phowa Mahayoga Anuyoga Atiyoga Mahamudra China Tangmi Japan Shingon

Modern

As exercise	Asana Downward dog Standing asanas List of asanas Drishti Sun Salutation Vinyāsa Hasta Vinyasas Yoga as therapy Yoga for women Props Light on Yoga
Related	Yoga hybrids Mindful Yoga International Day of Yoga List of yoga schools Modern yoga gurus Yoga Nidra Yoga scholars (template) Journals Asana Journal Yoga Journal

Asanas

Asana • Kriya • Mudra • Drishti • Pranayama • Sun Salutation • Vinyasa • Yoga as exercise • Yoga as therapy • Hatha yoga • Yoga

Backbends

Arm balances

Inverted

Reclining

Sitting

Meditation	Baddha Konasana (cobbler) Gomukhasana (cow face) Gorakshasana (cowherd) Padmasana (lotus) Siddhasana (accomplished) Simhasana (lion) Vajrasana (thunderbolt)
Twists	Bharadvajasana (the sage Bharadvaja) Marichyasana (the sage Marichi) Matsyendrasana (the sage Matsyendra, lord of the fishes) Pashasana (noose)
Other	Akarna Dhanurasana (shooting bow) Balasana (child) Garbha Pindasana (embryo in womb) Hanumanasana (monkey) Kraunchasana (heron) Kurmasana (tortoise) Malasana (garland) Mandukasana (frog) Mulabandhasana (root lock) Navasana (boat) Paschimottanasana (seated forward bend) Samakonasana (split) Virasana (hero)

Standing

Both legs	Parighasana (gate) Parshvottanasana (intense side stretch) Prasarita Padottanasana (wide stance forward bend) Tadasana (mountain) Trikonasana (triangle) Utkatasana (powerful) Uttanasana (standing forward bend) Utthita Parshvakonasana (sideways) Virabhadrasana (warrior)
One leg	Ardha Chandrasana (half moon) Durvasasana (the sage Durvasa) Garudasana (eagle) Natarajasana (lord of the dance) Utthita Padangusthasana (standing big toe hold) Vrikshasana (tree)

Worship in Hinduism

Main topics

Rituals

Puja	Abhisheka Bhog Panchamakara Panchamrita Parikrama Pranāma Prasada Pushpanjali
Homa	Yajna Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa
Other	Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa Kumbhabhishekham Nityakarma Ngejot Panchayatana puja Prana Pratishtha Sandhyavandanam Shuddhi Śrauta Tarpana Upakarma

Mantras

Objects

Materials

Instruments

Iconography

Places

Roles

Sacred animals

Sacred plants

Trees	Akshayavata Ashoka Banyan Kadamba Kalpavriksha Parijata Peepal Sacred groves
Fruits and other plants	Bael Kusha grass Lotus Tulasi (Tulasi Vrindavana)

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
Sampradaya acharyas pre-Chaitanya	Kṛṣṇa Brahmā Nārada Vyāsa Madhvācārya Padmanābha Tīrtha Narahari Tīrtha Mādhava Tīrtha Akṣobhya Tīrtha Jaya Tīrtha Vyāsa Tīrtha 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	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
Famous bhaktas	Hanuman Arjuna Prahlada Narada Haridasa
Writers	Vrindavana Dasa Thakura Vyasa Valmiki
Avataras of God	Matsya Kurma Varaha Narasimha Vamana Parashurama Rama Balarama Krishna Buddha Kalki Dhanvantari Kapila Caitanya
Topics	Bhakti Supreme Personality of Godhead Sampradaya Parampara Japa Yoga Meditation Hare Krishna Achintya Bheda Abheda Mantras Puja Arati Bhajan Kirtan Sattvic diet Ahimsa Rishis Tilaka Guru Diksha
Holy texts	Bhagavad Gita Shrimad Bhagavatam Vedas Chaitanya Charitamrita Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Upanishads Chaitanya Bhagavata
Spiritual abodes	Goloka Vrindavan Vaikuntha
Holy attributes	Lotus Sudarshana Chakra Narayanastra Kaumodaki Nandaki Sharangam Shankha
Holy days	Rama Navami Janmashtami Gaura-purnima Ekadashi
Names of Godhead	List of titles and names of Krishna List of names of Vishnu Hari Govinda Gopala Vāsudeva
Worship	Karatalas Mridangam Harmonium Incense of India Om Hindu temple Japamala
Comparative study	Nastika Advaita Adevism Anti-Hinduism Criticism of Hinduism Persecution of Hindus Asura Hinduism and other religions (Buddhism and Hinduism * Gautama Buddha in Hinduism Jainism and Hinduism Rama in Jainism Hindu–Islamic relations Hinduism and Judaism Hinduism and Sikhism Bahá'í Faith and Hinduism Christianity in India) Reincarnation Karma Diet in Hinduism God in Hinduism Moksha Samsara Vegetarianism Astika
Offshoots	Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat Mahanam Sampraday
Other	Jagannatha Narayana Brahman Paramatma Bhagavan Tulasi Devis list Tridevi Radharani Sita Deva Demigods list Trimurti Indian philosophy Dharma Artha Arthashastra Kama Indian idealism Varna Ashrama Swami Goswami Krishnology Hinduism by country Hindu cosmology Hindu units of time Hindu views on evolution Hindu calendar Hindu astrology List of numbers in Hindu scriptures 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 Chicago 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
Shakti Peethas	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
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 Prabhas Patan 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
Shakti Peeths	Vimala Temple Taratarini Temple Kamakhya Temple Kalighat Kali 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 Shakti 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	Bhogi Bihu Lohri Maghi Maghe Sankranti Makar Sankranti Makaravilakku Onam Pongal Pusnâ Shakrain
New year's days	Balipratipada Bohag Bihu Bisu Parba Chaitra Navaratri Cheti Chand Gudi Padwa Mesha Sankranti Mha Puja Jur Sital Navreh Nyepi Pana Sankranti Pahela Baishakh Puthandu Sajibu Nongma Panba Sankranti Ugadi Vaisakhi Vishu
Other festivals	Aadi Perukku Bhaubeej Datta Jayanti Dhanteras Gaura Parva Gowri Habba Hanuman Jayanti Kali Puja Karthika Deepam Karva Chauth Kashmiri Hindu festivals Lakshmi Puja Kumbh Mela Mahalakshmi Vrata Mahamaham Panguni Uthiram Pargat Diwas Raksha Bandhan Ratha-Yatra Savitri Vrata Teej Tulasi Vivaha
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 Pitru Paksha Uttarayana Dakshinayana
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 Hindu nationalism Hindutva Hindu Janajagruti Samiti Hindu Mahasabha Hindu Munnani Hindu Sena Hindu Yuva Vahini Sanatan Sanstha Sangh Parivar Vishva Hindu Parishad Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 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 Satsang Satya Dharma Satyashodhak Samaj Science of Identity Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Shirdi Sai Baba Sivananda yoga Sri Aurobindo Ashram Sri Ramana Ashram Abidance in Truth Swadhyay Parivar NNDYM Transcendental Meditation
Topics	Bhakti Brahmacharya Caste Ghar Wapsi Moksha Neo-Vedanta Persecution of Hindus Shuddhi Women in Hinduism
Gurus and revivalist writers	Amritanandamayi Ananda Yogi Anandamayi Ma Anukulchandra Chakravarty Arumuka Navalar Athavale Aurobindo Boro Maa Chatterjee Chinmayananda Saraswati Chinmoy Dayananda Saraswati Daya Mata Ganapathi Sachchidananda Haidakhan Babaji Hariharananda Giri Jaggi Vasudev Jyotirao Phule Kalki Bhagawan Kelkar, N. C. Kriyananda Lekhraj Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Mahatma Gandhi Mirra Alfassa Narayana Guru Neem Karoli Nirmala Paramananda Prem Rawat Ram Chandra Ram Dass Ram Mohan Roy Ramakrishna Ramana Maharshi Ravi Shankar Sarkar Sathya Sai Baba Savarkar Sen, K. C. Shraddhanand Sister Nivedita Sivananda Swami Rama Tagore, D. Tilak Vaswani Vipulananda Vishnudevananda Vivekananda Yogananda more
General	Indian diaspora Indianisation Influence of Indian religions Indian-origin religions Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism Persecution of Hindus

v t e Bengal Renaissance
People	Sri Aurobindo Atul Prasad Sen Rajnarayan Basu 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 Aghore Nath Gupta David Hare Kazi Nazrul Islam Eugène Lafont Mahanambrata Brahmachari Ashutosh Mukherjee Kalikrishna Mitra Harish Chandra Mukherjee Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Gour Govinda Ray 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 Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan 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 Kaibartya Kansabanik Karmakar Kayastha Kulin Maulika Mahishya Malla Namasudra Namassej Avarna Sadgop Shunri 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

v t e Indian independence movement
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) Partition of Bengal (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 Chauri Chaura incident, 1922 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 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	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 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 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 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 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 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 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 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

Sangh Parivar (RSS Family of Organisations)

Organisations

Foundation	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-present) Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951-1977) Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (1948-1971)
Religion-specific wings	Vishwa Hindu Parishad Bajrang Dal Durga Vahini Muslim Rashtriya Manch Rashtriya Sikh Sangat Hindu Jagarana Vedike Dharm Jagaran Samiti Hindu Rashtra Sena
Strata and trade-based wings	Farmers wing: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Rashtra Sevika Samiti Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh National Hindu Students' Forum
NGOs and social welfare:	Vidya Bharati Ekal Vidyalaya Seva Bharati Vivekananda Kendra Bharat Vikas Parishad Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Friends of Tribals Society Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad India Development and Relief Fund
Think tank affiliates	India Foundation India Policy Foundation Swadeshi Jagaran Manch Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation Vivekananda International Foundation Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana
Project specific	Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam
Region specific	Hindu Munnani Hindu Aikya Vedi
News and communication	Organiser Panchjanya Vishwa Samvad Kendra
Others	Samskrita Bharati Kreeda Bharati Central Hindu Military Education Society

Sarsanghchalaks

Present	Mohan Bhagwat (2009–present)
Past	K. S. Sudarshan (2000–2009) Rajendra Singh (1994–2000) Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1973–1994) M. S. Golwalkar (1940–1973) Laxman Vasudev Paranjape (1930–1931) K. B. Hedgewar (1925–1930 and 1931–1940)

Other Major figures

Head of state	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister) Lal Krishna Advani (Deputy Prime Minister) Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) Ram Nath Kovind (President of India) Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President of India)
Freedom fighters	Balkrishna Shivram Moonje Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Senior affiliates	Ashok Singhal Babasaheb Apte Bal Thackeray Chinmayananda Saraswati Eknath Ranade Prabhakar Balwant Dani Praveen Togadia Ram Madhav Ramchandra Das Paramhans S. S. Apte Suresh Joshi Sambhaji Bhide
Activists	Giriraj Kishore K. N. Govindacharya Madhukar Rao Bhagwat Swami Karpatri

Authors

Present	Arun Shourie David Frawley D. P. Agrawal Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti François Gautier Koenraad Elst Michel Danino Rajiv Malhotra Ram Gopal Subhash Kak Suresh Chavhanke
Past	Balraj Madhok Dharampal Girilal Jain K. D. Sethna K. S. Lal N. S. Rajaram Raj Krishna Rajiv Dixit Ram Swarup Sita Ram Goel Swaraj Prakash Gupta

Philosophy

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 Dayananda 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) Krishnananda Saraswati Sivananda Saraswati Swami Satprakashananda Swami Shraddhanand Ram Swarup Swami Vivekananda Paramahansa Yogananda
Political writers	Mahatma Gandhi François Gautier Sita Ram Goel Ram Gopal Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Arun Shourie Bal Gangadhar Tilak Kartik Oraon Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Jaswant Singh
Literary writers	Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Ramdhari Singh Dinkar C. Rajagopalachari K. D. Sethna Amish Tripathi Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
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 Michel Danino Paul Deussen Dharampal Mircea Eliade Koenraad Elst Sister Gargi Georg Feuerstein David Frawley Meenakshi Jain Subhash Kak Klaus Klostermaier Hajime Nakamura Anantanand Rambachan Arvind Sharma 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 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

"A Letter to a Hindu"
Ahimsa (nonviolence)
Bhagavad Gita
Henry David Thoreau (Civil Disobedience (essay))
Civil disobedience
Fasting
Hinduism
Khadi
John Ruskin
Parsee Rustomjee
Leo Tolstoy (The Kingdom of God Is Within You) (The Masque of Anarchy)
Narmad
Pacifism
Sermon on the Mount
Shravan
Shrimad Rajchandra
Henry Stephens Salt
Tirukkuṛaḷ
Unto This Last
- Gandhi's translation
"Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram"
"Ekla Chalo Re"
"Hari Tuma Haro"
"Vaishnava Jana To"
Vegetarianism

Associates

Legacy

Family

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 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 Mohandas Gandhi High School 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
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
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