Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

This column focuses on the Hindu approach to human rights, drawing primarily from scriptures, with the following themes: equality, democracy, freedom of speech, respect for other faiths/diversity, ...

The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...

Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...

Groups of young men also used water guns to chase people down in public parks and ... Families gather around the flames to ...

so did George Carlin when he claimed that God was a fiction. For today ... is the apotheosis of this new divine role. The Hindu religion being one of the main pillars of the BJP's very existence and ...

The article highlights the remarkable stories of powerful women in Hindu mythology ... is sentenced to death by the gods, Savitrī refuses to accept his fate and follows Yama, the god of death ...

Residents also believe that Brahma himself resides in the Chaturmukh Koop, and that even gods offer prayers ... major Puranas of Hinduism. “Wells have religious-social importance and are also ...

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Chandrasekhar reminded the channel’s top brass that “faith is important for every Hindu.” In the latest episode of the weekly programme, Cover Story, telecast on March 1 ...

Acknowledging his “unpolished” language, Mr. Shivakumar told reporters, “I am not God. I will rectify issues ... out for catering to the drinking water needs of Bengaluru.” ...

And this makes sense, because Vedic ritual was interested in inviting gods to temporary sacrificial halls: there was no conception, in early Hinduism, of the gods permanently ... of Brahmins building ...