Some Sects of Hinduism including Vaishnavism Adhere to the purest form of vegetarianism as a really perfect though Shaktism and Tantric sects freely eat chicken, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The explanations mentioned by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the basic principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/lifestyle/shankhpushpi-benefits