Shaktism

School·Founding date unrecorded·tens of millions worldwide

Vedic Religion → Hinduism → Shaktism

Branch

The Goddess is not a consort. She is the power itself.

Devi — Durga, Kali, the Mother — as the supreme: shakti, the energy by which anything happens at all. The divine feminine worshipped as ultimate, not auxiliary.

DeitiesThe Goddess (Shakti) as supreme power
EmergedIndia
AfterlifeLiberation through the Mother's grace
TextsDevi Mahatmya

The map

Shaktism’s corner of it — solid lines are descent; dotted lines are resemblance only, ideas held in common across unrelated faiths. Click a node to recenter; ✕ returns here. All 171 faiths →

Core Tenets

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The Goddess is the supreme power. Shakti is not the consort of power; she is the power. Go deeper — context →
The divine feminine acts in the world. Durga rides out when the gods themselves fail. Go deeper — context →

Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when Enter →
Navaratri. Nine nights for the Goddess in her forms — dance, fast, and final victory. When annual — nine nightsWho everyone Go deeper — context →
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