Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma on February 14, asserted that the People’s faith in Hinduism is increasing. While speaking to ANI, she said that she had a good experience during the ...

His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some ...

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

A reporter’s trip to the world’s largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the ...

For annual sky observations and calendars, the moon is a changeable resource that has captivated humankind for long centuries ...

One example is the term “Hinduism” itself. It was used first by Charles Grant in a pejorative sense, to dismiss “natives’” religion as crude superstition. Yet within a few years that ...

Born into a Muslim family, this Bollywood actress later converted to Hinduism. Despite falling in love, she never got married ...

Shashi Tharoor said, 'There are four ways in which you can be a good Hindu, Right? So there's Gyana Yoga, which is through ...

Applied by Hindu priests using sandalwood paste, turmeric and sacred ashes, these strokes represent divine connections in Hinduism, with each type having its own symbolic association with a deity.

Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual that Hindus believe cleanses them of their sins and releases them from the cycle of rebirth.

Sacred Strokes of Color on Foreheads Are a Major Display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh Festival PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The pilgrims come and go as strangers. They march like a sea of ...