Walk into any Indian temple or flip through a book of Hindu mythology, and you're likely to find yourself face-to-face with a ...

Mahashivaratri is celebrated every year on the thirteenth night and fourteenth day of the month of Phalgun in the Hindu calendar which falls in February or March Unlike most Hindu festivals which are ...

Havans, yagnyas, wedding rituals and other ceremonies generally use a lighted fire pit as the holy altar of the Lord. It is worshipped and offerings are made to it. Symbolic of the Lord, it is viewed ...

The objects themselves are "gorgeous": we see much "lively, expressive, dynamic sculpture", from "rudimentary" yakshas and ...

The evolution of work in a fast changing globe was discussed at length during a lively session at The Hindu Huddle on Saturday. Aptly titled ‘Let’s Talk Work’ and moderated by L.V. Navaneeth ...

In a world often divided by faith and formality, a sudden downpour in Pune’s Wanowrie on the evening of May 21 led to something far greater than just a wedding celebration: humanity at its purest. On ...

The Centre on Wednesday drew a parallel between the Hindu Code Bill and the Waqf Act in an argument for the latter's constitutionality in a Supreme Court hearing. Supreme Court heard Centre's ...

Pictures of Inkosi Albert Luthuli’s body lying emotionless in a coffin during his funeral on July 30, 1967, depicted nothing of a person hit by a train, as it had no dismembered limbs or facial ...

A simple Hindu funeral was held shortly after her passing, with a sitar processional by Partha Bose – one of her favourite musicians – who said of her: “She had music not just in her voice ...

AHMEDABAD, India — A man gives his passport to a Hindu priest at a temple in this western Indian city. For a fee of about $2, the priest prays to the monkey god Hanuman for the man's visa ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

During the Mass, Leo appeared to choke up when the two potent symbols ... Zoroastrian, Hindu, Sikh and Jain delegations. Security was tight, as it was for Francis’ funeral on April 26, which ...