PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is ...

NEW DELHI (RNS) Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s conservative Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in an unprecedented victory last summer, he appointed a little-known historian as chairman ...

PREVIOUSLY: A sex scene in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” featuring a line from Hindu holy scripture “Bhagavad Gita” has led to protests even as the film rakes it in at the box office. SPOILER ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A major spiritual event is coming to the Quad Cities as the Quad City Hindu Temple hosts the Chaturveda Maha Yajna, a multi-day Hindu ritual that organizers say is the first of its ...

ALLAHABAD, India – Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ascetics with ash smeared on their bodies plunged into the frigid waters of India's holy Ganges River on Monday in a ritual they believe can ...