Whispers of Dharma Dr Aniket Mahapatra, Dr Vivek Sharma In the heart of Southeast Asia, amid lush jungles and ancient stone ...

Krishna Janmashtami, a two-day festival beginning this Friday, is a happy day for 1.2 billion Hindus, 95 percent of whom live ...

Key elements of the seal, such as the horned headdress deity standing in a sacred pipal tree, the kneeling worshiper, and the ...

Hinduism has no single founder and evolved over thousands of years.The Vedas are among the oldest religious texts in the world.It believes in karma, dharma, and reincarnation.Hinduism embraces ...

DE SAM LAZARO: Instead, Nandy says religious practice is localized and individualized in India, particularly in the predominant Hinduism, which has no centralized leadership.

Famously, Gandhi attempted to make vegetarianism, particularly the taboo against eating beef, a central tenet of Hinduism. Gandhi’s attitude to cows was tied to his idea of nonviolence.

3. Hinduism among Asian Americans About one-in-ten Asian Americans now identify Hinduism as their religion (11%), essentially the same as in 2012 (10%). An additional 6% of all Asian Americans say ...

He differentiated between Hinduism and Hindutva – Hinduism according to him, was only a part of Hindutva. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was set up in 1925.

News In Hinduism, women create spaces for their own leadership (AP) — Women in Hinduism globally lead by building communities, taking on positions in organizations and passing on knowledge.

That’s all God really wants you to do.” While I didn’t know it then, this simple sentiment made an indelible impression on me, and softened my view on Hinduism, and religion in general.