In many Hindu homes, the first prayer of the day is offered to a name that outsiders rarely recognize. It is not always a famous deity worshipped across temples and scriptures. Sometimes, it is a ...

Understanding the Importance of the Conch Shell In Hindu traditions, various items play a vital role during rituals, with the ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – The construction, inauguration, and restoration of its temples across the world is yet another testament to India building and deepening its ties with its 32 million-plus-strong ...

VARANASI, India (RNS) — The Bharat Mata mandir in India’s holiest city has come to represent an ideology that many in Narendra Modi’s constituency hold — a distinctly religious allegiance to the ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Monday agreed to hear a petition by a group of Hindu women for the right to worship in a mosque they believe was the site of a Hindu temple, rejecting a Muslim ...

(RNS) — Over the weekend, my family celebrated our son’s birthday at the BAPS Swaminarayan mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey. We chose the temple for a variety of reasons, including the ease of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: The opening of the temple comes fifty years after the older Hindu temple in Dubai and hopes to grow into not only a place ...

For better or worse, worship may never be the same after the coronavirus. Nearly every religious tradition has gone virtual — sermons and some sacraments went online; baby blessings, confirmations, ...

The festival celebrates love and signifies a time of rebirth and rejuvenation, a time to embrace the positive and let go of ...

DUBAI, (IANS) – The much-anticipated Hindu Temple of Dubai has officially opened its doors in Jebal Ali Worship Village, which houses nine religious’ shrines, including seven churches, one gurudwara, ...