A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...

Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as ...

SHK: Given the contemporary debates around religious identity in India, what do you hope readers will take away from your analysis of colonial influences on Hinduism? MP: Simply that these things ...

Hinduism offers such an extraordinarily eclectic ... But there is much greater acceptance for Hindutva, particularly across northern India, than there was 10 years ago. That’s partially a ...

NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...

Hinduism is a religion ... “We are completely traditional, We call it Agama Shaastra from India. We follow everything, all the festivals, everything,” said Ranga Parasuraman, a lifelong ...

In Hinduism, asceticism is not just a lifestyle ... They are often found traveling through India, meditating, and offering guidance to others on the spiritual path. Sadhus typically wear simple ...

In Hinduism too there are certain symbols, powerful and simple, that carry messages and energies to help people, and here we mention some of them. One of the most famous and easy-to-remember ...

Through pilgrim routes, rituals and storytelling, every village of India was interconnected in a complex web, and this was what gave Hinduism its inherent resilience and strength to survive ...

Hinduism is often imagined as a monolith of arcane and ancient rituals, in spite of the efforts of external invaders. In India itself, the image of a “faith under siege” is a core part of the ...