Some sects of Hinduism like Vaishnavism Keep to the purest type of vegetarianism as a super although Shaktism and Tantric sects freely take in chicken, mutton (goat and sheep meat), fish and eggs. The reasons said by Jains and Vaishnavas are: the basic principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals;[181] https://www.cureayu.com/blogs/lifestyle/how-many-days-periods-last