Home›Hindu Monastic Orders›Apostolate›Contemplative or Monastic PrayerBrowse ByContemplative or Monastic PrayerThis page groups religious orders by the active mission or work their members carry out. Wikipedia distinguishes "clerics regular (priests who take religious vows and have an active apostolic life)" from other traditional categories of order. Browsing by apostolate lets a visitor find every order devoted to the same active mission, such as teaching or missionary work.FactsContemplative or Monastic PrayerSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Contemplative or Monastic PrayerFilter Results22 entriesWho may joinAllHijra or Third-Gender Members (1)Men Only (2)Kind of orderAllHindu Monastic Orders (16)Originated InAllIndia (3)Origin Period Start YearAll1861 (1)1886 (1)1917 (2)1920 (1)1954 (1)2018 (1)Member OfAllDashanami Sampradaya (7)Ramanandi Sampradaya (2)Doctrinal PositionAllAdvaita Vedanta Non-Dualism (20)Sant Mat Formless Devotion (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (22)Liturgical LanguageAllSanskrit (20)Sant Bhasha (2)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (2)Diksha Initiation (20)Rooted InAllGaudiya Vaishnavism (1)Shaivism (7)Vaishnavism (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Adinatha SampradayaContemplative or Monastic PrayerAgni AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerAkhil Bharatiya Akhara ParishadContemplative or Monastic PrayerAnand AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerAtal AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerAvahan AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerBhakti MargaContemplative or Monastic PrayerBharat Sevashram SanghaContemplative or Monastic PrayerDaśanāmi SampradayaContemplative or Monastic PrayerDigambar Ani AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerGaudiya MathContemplative or Monastic PrayerJuna AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerKabir PanthContemplative or Monastic PrayerKinnar AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerMahanirvani AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerNiranjani AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerNirmohi AkharaContemplative or Monastic PrayerRadha SoamiContemplative or Monastic PrayerRamakrishna MathContemplative or Monastic PrayerRamakrishna OrderContemplative or Monastic PrayerSri Sarada MathContemplative or Monastic PrayerYogoda Satsanga Society of IndiaContemplative or Monastic PrayerSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: Religious OrdersComments (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.