At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reignited a thought-provoking debate about the true essence ...

A recent stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj claimed the lives of over 30 people, with the Congress blaming VVIP ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and ...

Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as if it were uprooted straight from India and transplanted to South ...

The world’s largest religions like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and others, influence history, culture, and daily life.

Hindu devotees have sacred marks reading 'Radhe' on their foreheads at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja’s cows sounds a little like a Rudyard Kipling tale ...

Asceticism holds a special place in Hinduism, where renunciation of worldly pleasures is seen as a path to spiritual enlightenment. Ascetics, also known as sannyasis or yogis, dedicate their lives ...

One of the oldest religions in the world, Hinduism houses many treasures of knowledge and wisdom. From the oldest Vedas that mentioned some of the most powerful mantras, to Gods and demons who ...