GUJARAT, India (RNS) — In western India, where thousands of monks once worshipped in caves chiseled into the rocky hills, a fight is on to keep Hindu chauvinists from erasing a 2,000-year-old Buddhist ...

Monk Phra "T" Theerapattarapop Phuangmala prays in front of a Buddhist deity inside Wat Promwachirayan in St. Louis Park on Sept. 25. In May through July, at least four Hindu and Buddhist temples in ...

Abroad, India’s RSS Speaks of ‘Love.’ At Home, Its Affiliates Attack Christians. Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a ...

Bodh Gaya, India — As he stood in a queue outside a makeshift tent kitchen for breakfast, 30-year-old Abhishek Bauddh could not help but reflect on the throngs of people around him in Bodh Gaya, ...

Preah Vihear, also called Prasat Ta Muen Thom, is a Hindu temple complex at the heart of a long-standing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. The temple, which has long been in ruins, ...

Every year, in the fortnight before the new moon of Ashwin, Hindu families across the country perform śrāddha, the ritual offering of food to deceased ancestors. A common way to perform the ritual ...