Lord Ayyappa devotees who wish to go to Sabarimala Temple observe ... daily chanting of the ‘Gayatri Mantra’ for a number of times, daily worshipping god, are all ‘tapas’. If it is rigidly practiced ...

CHENNAI: Seeing the fierce battle between Rama and Tataka, the grey-haired sage Vishwamitra, believed that it was impossible ...

Observed on the fourth day after Diwali Amavasya in the Hindu month of Kartika, the festival is dedicated to Nagadevata, the ...

Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, the fiftieth Chief Justice of India (CJI), who retires today on November 10 after precisely two years in the office, leaves a mixed legacy. As one of the critical ...

The image of Ayyappa riding a tiger is often associated with the Hindu deity Ayyappan ... There, he encountered Mahishi, and a fierce battle ensued, witnessed by gods and saints. Ultimately, Ayyappa ...

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the ...

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the ...

The ancient classical texts of Hinduism taught that every age and stage of life need not be lived as a breathless race. They ...

"One of the most-celebrated Hindu festivals, Diwali, or Deepavali, commemorates the victory of good over evil during the course of five days," the Hindu American Foundation says. "The word refers ...

As millions of Americans gear up to cast ballots in U.S. elections, Kamala Harris has people rooting for her from thousands ...

In Hinduism, God is thought to be far too mysterious and all-encompassing to be accurately depicted within a single representation. So instead, Hindus depict god in the form of a vast pantheon of ...

The man asked, "Throughout the course of this lecture, you talked an awful lot about god and faith, and there were some men who came here and asked you about your Hindu religion." The man ...