atheism

The most prominent Hindu God rn (Ram) canonically ate meat btw.

The vegetarian purism bullshit in India traces it's roots back to Brahminist supremacy where Brahmins in the Northern belts copied the vegetarian diet thing from Buddhists are repurposed it to larp as pure divine beings.

Other parts of India, like coastal provinces continued their natural diets and rituals involving meat but with the rapid rise of population in North India and the rise of Hindu Fascism centered in apartheid states like Gujarat, this view has become mainstream in most states.