Talk:Hindola

This redirect does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

India Low‑importance This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.IndiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndiaTemplate:WikiProject IndiaIndia articles Low This redirect has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This redirect was last assessed in May 2012. Hinduism: Krishnaism / Swaminarayan Mid‑importance This redirect is within the scope of WikiProject Hinduism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Hinduism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HinduismWikipedia:WikiProject HinduismTemplate:WikiProject HinduismHinduism articles Mid This redirect has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. This redirect is supported by WikiProject Krishnaism (assessed as Mid-importance). This redirect is supported by WikiProject Swaminarayan (assessed as Mid-importance).

The contents of the Hindola page were merged into Jhulan Purnima on March 2023 and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history.

Hindola of Banke Bihari is layed on The Haryali Teej Day. Kindly update the history about the sakhis with pictures.--VisualLite (talk) 12:16, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I wanted to see what the general consensus is on merging the Hindola and Jhulan Purnima pages. They both refer to the same festival. Also, which page should be the destination page? Chilicave (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

is there a reason that neither is mentioned on the other page? if they are just different names for the same festival, one would expect there to be crossover, or even something as simple as "x is also known as y" but it seems weird that neither page references the other name. are they langauge/region specific terms? Evansknight (talk) 17:21, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Evansknight! That's a good question.

1. According to this source, Hindola and Jhulan Purinima/Yatra are used interchangeably to describe the "swinging festival" in India. To answer your question about whether the terms are different by region, the source also indicates that it is held in "different parts of India, at different times." Here is an example:

- A snippet from this article by Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers (a state in central India) refers to the festival as "Hindola"

- Whereas, this excerpt from the Calcutta Review in Calcutta (a city in the state of West Bengal, eastern India) addresses the festival as "Jhulana - Yatra."

2. The name of this festival also varies according to specific Hindu Vaishnava sects. According to this source, followers of the ISKCON Vaishnaiva sect repeatedly use the term "Jhulan Yatra" to address the swing festival.

Whereas, according to this article , followers of the Pushti Marg Vaishnava sect term the festival as Hindola.

3. Finally, each of these articles (1, 2, 3) mention that the Hindola/Jhulana Purnima occurs around the same time - which is in the month of Shraavana (July-August). Chilicave (talk) 18:17, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]