No one knows exactly how many gods and goddesses there are in Hinduism, but it’s true that some of them are more well-known ...

Read CNN’s Hinduism Fast Facts and learn more about Hinduism, the third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam.

In the vast ocean of Sanatana Dharma, words often carry layered meanings. For the uninitiated, the terms Brahma, Brahman, and ...

Owing to the intermixture of Indian indentured labourers with other caste groups and racial ethnicities, caste now operates ...

She wrote: "Father Goreh preached to me from India. His humble sweet voice has pierced my heart. I think no one would have had the power of turning my heart from the Brahman religion but Father ...

This article explains the Hindu concepts of Atman, Dharma, Varna, Karma, Samsara, Purushartha, Moksha, Brahman, Bhagavan and Ishvara.

How do Christian beliefs relate to Indian philosophy and culture? These Indian thinkers came up with different answers.

When 16th century European priests arrived in southern India to introduce Christianity, they were told that a more famed Christian missionary had been there first. In the districts of Travancore ...

Learn all about the religion of Hinduism with fun interactive videos, activities, downloads, quizzes and revision guides for KS2 school children.

In the Katopanishad, Yama describes in detail the worship of the Supreme Brahman through fire sacrifice and explains its procedure. The sacred ‘agni’ for the yagna is produced by rubbing two ...

Scriptures state that “a knower of Brahman identifies His existence in the deeper recesses of one’s inner self.” Pancha kosa vichara, or contemplation of the five sheaths in one’s body ...