As a Sikh, Sundar was taught about Hinduism and came along with his parents to Hindu temples. By the age of seven he had ... In the town of Rasa, he was sentenced to death by a local Lama on the ...

Chants of “Om Linga, Om Linga” resonated as barefoot Hindu pilgrims, many balancing offering-filled baskets and clay pitchers ...

Across cultures, India and Japan share ancient connections through their gods. Many Hindu deities are actively worshipped in Japan, with hundreds of shrines dedicated to them. Deities such as ...

The funeral was blocked by right-wing Hindu vigilantes — backed by village authorities. "He was a man of Christian faith, that's why this has happened," his son, Ramesh Baghel, told the ABC.

Fifteen people died in a stampede Saturday at New Delhi's main railway station as a crush of pilgrims were trying to make ...

West Godavari District Collector Ch. Nagarani on Thursday monitored the mass burial of poultry layers (birds meant for laying eggs and not consumption) that succumbed to the avian influenza (H5N1 ...

SC pained at legal dispute over burial of elderly man in Chhattisgarh A Bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, while reserving the case for orders, asked the State ...

"Just 20 km away there is a Christian burial ground. This ground is a Hindu tribal burial ground," he said. Justice Nagarathna today said there were two judgments and went on to deliver hers.

It claimed that the village was predominantly Adivasi and that its burial ground was designated for “deceased persons belonging to the Hindu Tribal Community”. The state maintained that the ...

India’s Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh Mela, which has drawn millions of devotees to a confluence of sacred rivers in the northern Uttar Pradesh state, is mired in political controversy after ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

A WORKSHOP on Hindu funeral rites was held by Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The workshop, led by principal trainer AL Anand Gopi Sivaachariaryaar, focused on educating the ...