Home›Hindu Festivals›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups holidays by the religion whose adherents keep them. Wikipedia notes that "a religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every holiday from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRecurring days of public celebration in a tradition's calendar, usually communal and usually marked by gathering, food, procession or lights. It is the widest of the holiday groupings and the least precise: what it collects is defined against the narrower labels - not a fast, not a feast of appointed liturgical rank, not a day of highest rank - rather than by a property of its own. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1Learn MoreThe Festivals This group gathers festivals, the joyous celebrations of the religious calendar, marking sacred events, seasons and divine figures with feasting, gathering, ritual and rejoicing. Festivals are among the most visible and communal expressions of religious life, and this is the largest holiday grouping in the atlas. The browser will find festivals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each festival's occasion, customs and meaning, noting the tradition and the calendar on which it falls.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesDefining Doctrinal PositionAllThe Goddess as the supreme reality (1)Vishnu as the supreme reality (1)FounderAllNo founder. (2)GovernanceAllAuthority in a living teacher and their succession (2)No central authority (2)Liturgical LanguageAllSanskrit (2)The vernacular (1)OrdinationAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Office passes by descent (2)Restricted to men (1)Origin Period End YearAll600 (1)1200 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll200 BCE (1)400 (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Traditional CountAllTen Mahavidyas, the ten great wisdoms (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareShaktismTradition2 entriesVaishnavismTradition3 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.