When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to - her grandmother.

Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the banks of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day during the Maha ...

(RNS) — At the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago last week with the theme of defending human rights, several Hindu groups complained that, at an event that celebrates common ground among ...

NEW DELHI, INDIA — Perhaps the most striking first impression for any visit to India, the world’s most populous nation and most complicated democracy, is the traffic. Even in the nation’s capital the ...

Taking a different pitch, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra distinguished between the two in the sense that while Hinduism ...

Some of the world’s ancient faiths are having a rebirth—often to the discomfiture of an expanding Christianity. Perhaps the most spectacular renaissance is under way in Hinduism. Older than recorded ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a conference in Russia. Reuters There are more than 50,000 Indian Americans in San Diego, and our community is always growing. Like any other group, we have our ...

Hindu New Year 2026 will span 13 months due to Jyeshtha Adhik Maas. Know why this rare calendrical shift happens and its ...