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 ...

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 ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of ...

(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 ...

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 ...

This story is part of a series by The Associated Press, Religion News Service and The Conversation on women’s roles in male-led religions. (AP) — When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about ...

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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 ...

Modi stays silent as chauvinists in his party assault the religious minority.

The Hindu New Year in 2026 will be celebrated on March 19, marking the beginning of Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the first day ...

(RNS) — As of Thursday (May 8), the Chicago Board of Education and New York’s David Lynch Foundation have agreed to settle a three-yearlong class-action lawsuit that alleged public high school ...

The December 2025 killings of Hindu men in Bangladesh reveal a recurring pattern of minority persecution, mob violence and ...