Hinduism
How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii’s lush Kauai Island
The island of Kauai is home to the only all-stone, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West, built without power tools or electricity.
In chic Soho, a Hindu temple offers itself as a spiritual oasis
On Broome Street, in the heart of Manhattan’s fashionable Soho neighborhood, a Hindu temple dedicated to the elephant-headed deity Ganesha is striving to develop its own sense of cool.
India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country
India, the host nation of this year’s Group of 20 summit, has two official names. One is India, and accepted in English communication worldwide.
India’s opposition parties team up to challenge Modi’s Hindu nationalist party in 2024 elections
India’s splintered opposition parties have decided to contest the 2024 national elections in their bid to unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and prevent his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party from achieving a third straight win.
India’s Modi faces a no-confidence vote over silence on ethnic violence tearing at remote Manipur
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media feeds suggest he’s been busy unveiling development projects and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders — the powerhouse embodiment of an ascendant India shaking up the global order.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaign
Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur, is hovering among the top contenders as a Republican presidential candidate while being open about his Hindu faith.
Landslides kill 3 at base camp of a Hindu temple in northern India and 17 others are still missing
Torrential rains have triggered a landslide at a base camp of a revered Hindu temple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing three people.
Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
Kashmir’s top pro-India politician says the disputed region lacks democracy four years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party stripped its statehood.
India’s northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims
Indian authorities have imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes.
An alliance of Indian opposition parties — called INDIA — joins forces to take on Modi
India’s fractured opposition parties have joined forces in a rare show of unity and formed an alliance to unseat the popular but polarizing prime minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
Opposition parties disrupt India’s Parliament for 2nd day to protest ethnic violence in northeast
Deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast have rocked the country’s Parliament for a second straight day, with the opposition blocking proceedings and demanding the sacking of the top elected official of Manipur state, where more than 130 people have been killed since early May.
Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler
In much of the world, the swastika is often equated to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany – a symbol of hate that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi rule.
Activist objects to museum selling toys of Hindu deities
BOSTON (AP) — A Hindu rights activist is calling on a Massachusetts museum to stop selling children’s plush toys representing three Hindu deities, which he says are “insensitive.”
Thousands gather at Hindu festival in India as virus surges
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of devout Hindus, led by heads of monasteries and ash-smeared ascetics, took a holy dip into the frigid waters of the Ganges River in northern India on Friday despite rising COVID-19 infections in the country.
In Hinduism, women creating spaces for their own leadership
In Hinduism, there aren’t a lot of women among pandits, the priests who perform Hindu religious rituals.
Will yoga classes in public school lead kids to convert?
(RNS) — As soon as Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill lifting the state’s 30-year ban on teaching yoga in public schools last month, the critics began weighing in.
Huge gatherings at India’s Hindu festival as virus surges
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered by the Ganges River for special prayers Monday, many of them flouting social distancing practices as the coronavirus spreads in India with record speed.
AP PHOTOS: Hindu festival draws crowds of bathers to rivers
PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Millions of people have joined a 45-day Hindu bathing festival in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, where devotees take a dip at Sangam, the sacred confluence of several rivers.
Louis Vuitton yoga mat made of leather draws Hindu complaint
BOSTON (AP) — A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it “hugely insensitive.”
Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital on Friday to protest against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants.
PHOTOS: Joyous explosions of color for Holi festival
Millions of faces were smeared red and green, yellow and purple. Streets were splashed with colored powder.
India Hindu Festival
Hindu devotees observe the Chhath Puja festival, an ancient Hindu festival that rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth