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𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐌

- The biggest religion in India

- Hinduism is the way of life – Sanatana Dharma

- Hindu – Everyone who lived in the geographical area around the river Indus(Sindhu)

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- Hinduism borrows its basic principles from Pre-Vedic and Vedic philosophies

- Oldest Veda – Rigveda – hymns about Gods like Indra, Vayu, Agni, etc

- Sama Veda – About music & hymns

- Yajurveda – Sacrificial hymns related to Rig Veda

- Atharva Veda – Medicines

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- Aranyakas – mystical teachings

- Upanishads – Speculations on the human being and his reality

In Upanishads – 4 stages of life mentioned

- Brahmacharyashram

- Gruhasthashram

- Vanprasthashram

- Sanyasashram

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𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒎

A) Vaishnavism – Followers considere Vishnu as the Supreme Lord
Vaishnava tradition has many sampradayas(sub-schools)

B) Shaivism – Considered Shiva as a supreme God
Traces its origin in the form of vedic deity rudra

C) Shaktism – It considered feminine and Devi or goddess as a supreme

D) Smartism – based on the teaching of Puranas
Believed in domestic worship of 5 shrines

All treated as equals: Shiva, Shakti, Ganesh, Vishnu & Surya

𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒎

𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙖

- Devotees of Lord Vishnu – Vitthala

- Worship centered at the Vithoba’s temple at Pandharpur

- Strict avoidance towards bad habits – tobacco, alcohol, etc

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- Tradition of Vari – Carrying Padukas of Saint Dnyaneshwar, Saint Tukaram, Saint Eknath, Saint Nivruttinath, etc

- Event of Ringan & Dhava

- Ringan – Sacred horse run in circular fashion and varkaris try catching dust kicked off and smear their head

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𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙖

- Adhere to teachings of Advaita scholar Ramananda

- Vaishnava monks were known as Ramanandis, Bairagis or Vairagis

- They worship Rama – mainly settled in Gangetic plains

- Sub-groups are Tyagi and Naga

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𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙢𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙖

- Associated with Lord Vishnu

- Founder was Madhavacharya

- Gaudiya Vaishnavism promoted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – ISKCON

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𝙋𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙜 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙖

- Founded by Vallabhacharya

- Philosophy – ultimate truth is one – Brahma

- Pure love for Lord Krishna

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𝙉𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙖

- Known as Hamsa Sampradaya and Kumara Sampradaya

- Followers worship – Radha-Krishna

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𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒎

𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙞

- siddha siddhanta

- adhere to teachings of Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath

- worship Adinath (Shiva)

- Technique used – Hatyoga

- Monks never stay at one place for a long

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𝘿𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙖𝙨𝙞

- Advait Vedanta tradition

- Disciple of Adi Shakaracharya

𝘼𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙨

- Devotees of Shiva manifested as Bhairava

- Salvation through Sadhana in the cremation ground

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𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢

- Known as Veershaivism

- Believes in monotheism – worship Lord Shiva in the form of Linga

- Rejects the authority of Vedas and caste system

- Est in 12th cen by Basavanna

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𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙨

- Attain spiritual perfection through special secret Rasayana

- Prolonged meditation – Pranayama

- Siddhars – believed to be the founder of Varmam - a martial art

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𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢

- Rare community – ultra-orthodox

- Follow Purva-Mimamsa school of philosophy

- Importance to Vedic sacrifice – yajna

In south India
Alvars – Vaishavait
Nayanars – Shaivait

In modern times

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙢𝙤 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

- Raja Rammohan Roy

- Rejected iconography, spoke against evil practice of sati

- Est schools to educate masses

- Further it got divided – Bhartiya Brahmo Samaj – Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

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𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙑𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖

-Ramakrishna Mission

-Advocated supreme devotion to god

-R.M – 1887- threefold philosophy

-Vedantic Spirituality
-Strive for harmonious existence of all world religion
-To consider the service to mankind as a service of god

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙮𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙟

- Wanted to revive Hinduism from within

- Founder Dayanand Saraswati

- Believed in the supremacy of the Vedas

- Believed in good education

- Suddhi Movement

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References:

-vedicheritage.gov.in
-sangam.gov.in
-Ramakrishna Mission
-Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

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