The exhibit is a labor of love for Srinivas Jayashankar, who spends the better part of a year assembling the scenes for ...

Our cultural practices, festivals, and symbols have deep significance, with layers of our traditions, history, and philosophy ...

Hindus in Hindu Rashtra Author: by ANAND RANGANATHAN Publisher: BluOne Ink Price Rs 399 Anand Ranganathan’s book, Hindus in ...

All Hindus agree on the same nine days and 10 nights in autumn, but after that, the observances in different regions contrast ...

Do Hindus believe in ghosts? It depends on the individual but it is believed that majority believe in ghosts. The concept of ghosts in Hindu religion is often associated with those people who had an ...

Celebrated by people of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh belief systems, as well as those from both Indian and non-Indian ...

Bathing in the early morning is advised by most scriptures, especially by the Garuda Purana. It is believed in Hindu religion that bathing in the morning helps in removing all negative energies. It ...

Hindu philosophy, often referred to as Sanatana Dharma, or the “eternal way of life,” is more of a psychological and spiritual philosophy than a rigid religion. It encompasses many forms of ...

If Harvard really cares about diversity, as it absolutely should, they must take religious life for all students seriously.

Throughout Indian history, kings and nobles have donated land and riches to temples ... and the Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920. In 1925, the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act empowered ...

but acculturation of entire fringe communities into the Hindu way of life has been a recurrent feature throughout history. What is striking, however, is the almost total absence of force or any ...

The people of Jammu, while not as homogenous as some parties would like to portray, do have a deep-seated resentment about ...