Indie

The path of the Great Ascetic. Indigenous roots in the Pashupati seals of the Indus valley.

The path of the Divine Feminine — the Goddess as supreme, independent creative force. Riverine and earth-mother roots.

Absolute non-violence. Unbroken lineage of the Tirthankaras. Pre-Aryan and indigenous Shramana tradition.

Service and Sovereignty. The path of the Ten Gurus. Punjab river-valley reform movement.

The tradition devoted to Kartikeya/Murugan — the divine war-lord, son of Shiva. Deep Tamil/South Indian roots.

The heroic Shaiva reform movement of Basavanna — rejection of caste, idol worship, and Vedic ritual. Radical social equality in the Deccan.

Diverse indigenous traditions — Sarna, Sanamahism, Donyi-Polo, Sarna Dharma — worship of earth, water, forest, and ancestor spirits.

The path of the Awakened One. Born in the Magadha river-valley lands. The river Ganga was its cradle.

The eternal way — an umbrella of diverse schools of devotion, philosophy, and practice rooted in the Indian soil. Many traditions merged into this vast river.

The path of devotion to Vishnu and his avatars — Rama, Krishna. Bhakti rooted in the land and its people.

The Brahmanical tradition following Smritis — Dharmashastras, Puranas, Itihasas. Panchayatana worship of five deities as equal manifestations of Brahman.

The tradition devoted to Ganesha as the Supreme Being. The remover of obstacles, lord of beginnings, associated with rice and harvest.

The Shaiva yogic order of Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath. Hatha Yoga, Mandalasana, body-as-temple. Grounded in the Himalayan foothills.

The indigenous religion of the Munda, Oraon, Ho, and Santal peoples. Worship in sacred groves — the land itself is the temple.

The indigenous religion of the Meitei people of Manipur. Earth-household deity worship in the valley and hills.

The indigenous religion of the Tani peoples (Nyishi, Apatani, Adi, Galo) of Arunachal Pradesh. Sun-Moon worship, earth and mountain spirits.