NEW DELHI (AP) — 23-year old Ashutosh Agnihotri has been playing god this week. Ahead of the Dussehra festival, which celebrates the defeat of mythological demon Ravana, at the hands of Lord Rama, ...

(RNS) — Vedic Village isn’t just for Hindus: ‘It's a New Age community. It’s a one-stop solution for all the problems that we ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A five-day Hindu ritual brought in scholars and people of all walks of life to Rock Island. Over 3 dozen Hindu scholar priests from around the world converged for the Chaturveda ...

Most people don’t wake up one day and decide to “follow” Hinduism. They grow into it through everyday life, through family habits, moral choices, festivals, food, and the way they are taught to ...

The intertwining of colonial ambition and Brahminic scholarship led to a revised interpretation of Hinduism that echoes ...

The experience : approaching God / Stephen P. Huyler -- The Deity : the image of God / Diana L. Eck -- The miraculous : the birth of a shrine / Shrivatsa Goswami and Margaret H. Case -- Marriage : ...

HINGLAJ, PakistanHINGLAJ, Pakistan — The ascent of steep mud volcanoes marks the start of Hindu pilgrims’ religious rituals in southwestern Pakistan. They climb hundreds of stairs or clamber over ...

Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan joined Georgetown this fall as the university’s first full-time director for Hindu life and the first Hindu priest-chaplain in the United States. Sharan’s studies and ...

Hindu YUVA leaders from 95 universities gathered for ‘Sankalp: The Hindu YUVA National Summit’ from September 13-15 at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, USA. Hindu YUVA (Youth for ...