Home›Hindu Monastic Orders›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups religious orders by whether they are still active today. Wikipedia notes that in Anglicanism alone "there are presently thirteen active religious orders for men, fifty-three for women, and eight mixed gender." Browsing by practice status lets a visitor tell a living order apart from one that has since died out.FactsLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results22 entriesRooted InAllGaudiya Vaishnavism (1)Shaivism (7)Vaishnavism (2)Originated InAllIndia (3)Member OfAllDashanami Sampradaya (7)Ramanandi Sampradaya (2)Origin Period Start YearAll1861 (1)1886 (1)1917 (2)1920 (1)1954 (1)2018 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllGurmukhi script and Sant Bhasha, the shared literary language in which Sikh scripture is composed (2)Sanskrit (20)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (2)Diksha Initiation (20)Doctrinal PositionAllAdvaita Vedanta Non-Dualism (20)Sant Mat Formless Devotion (2)Kind of orderAllHindu Monastic Orders (16)Who may joinAllHijra or Third-Gender Members (1)Men Only (2)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Contemplative or Monastic Prayer (22)Spiritual Direction and Dhikr (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Adinatha SampradayaLiving tradition, practised todayAgni AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayAkhil Bharatiya Akhara ParishadLiving tradition, practised todayAnand AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayAtal AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayAvahan AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayBhakti MargaLiving tradition, practised todayBharat Sevashram SanghaLiving tradition, practised todayDaśanāmi SampradayaLiving tradition, practised todayDigambar Ani AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayGaudiya MathLiving tradition, practised todayJuna AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayKabir PanthLiving tradition, practised todayKinnar AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayMahanirvani AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayNiranjani AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayNirmohi AkharaLiving tradition, practised todayRadha SoamiLiving tradition, practised todayRamakrishna MathLiving tradition, practised todayRamakrishna OrderLiving tradition, practised todaySri Sarada MathLiving tradition, practised todayYogoda Satsanga Society of IndiaLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.