A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

Explanation: Shiva, also known as Mahadeva, is one of the gods in the holy trinity of gods in Hinduism. He is considered the destroyer in Hindu mythology. Explanation: Laxmi is considered the ...

The most ethnically and religiously diverse city in the world, says Vijah Ramjattan, could use a new approach to its hate ...

Hinduism has through the years gone through several layers of evolution. As European power grew in the Indian subcontinent in the 16th and 17th centuries, the religion underwent yet another process of ...

He then uses a steel stamp to mark them with a symbol of the Hindu god they prefer — from Lord Shiva, the powerful Hindu god of destruction, to Ram, one of Hinduism's most revered gods.

In ‘The New Icon’, Arun Shourie dives into Savarkar’s books, essays, speeches and statements to answer lingering questions ...

Two men were held on Tuesday evening after their remarks on social media about the Mahakumbh sparked anger among some members of the Hindu community Two men, including a journalist, were arrested ...

The Delhi High Court on 20 January permitted police to seize the paintings after a lawyer named Amita Sachdeva complained the artworks – featuring Hindu deities Ganesha and Hanuman alongside nud ...

Vedanta philosophy first arrived in northern California in February of 1900 with Swami Vivekananda, the great disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He lived and taught like his master, as did later […] ...