Some Sects of Hinduism for instance Vaishnavism Adhere to the purest kind of vegetarianism as a great though Shaktism and Tantric sects freely consume chicken, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The reasons mentioned by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the basic principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) placed on animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/lifestyle/diwali-and-pollution