Jai Prakash: Pundit at Schenectady Hindu Temple and college student. Background: Born in Albany, raised in Loudonville. After graduating from Shaker High School in 2002, he got an associate degree ...

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Hindu scholars have offered various interpretations of the nature and origin of demons. According to the Hindu philosopher ...

MUMBAI, India — A scene featuring a holy Hindu scripture in the nuclear arms biopic “Oppenheimer” has drawn social media fire in India, with many users saying they would boycott the movie because of ...

“People think anybody can recite the Bhagavata [Purana] and become famous,” Hemant Mani, 42, grumbled over the phone from his monastery in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. “Social media is giving people the ...

Friendship is one of the purest and most powerful human bonds, and Hindu scriptures describe it as sacred, purposeful, and ...

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 ...

Complaints from religious and political leaders have forced the scrapping of a requirement for Hindu scriptures to be made available to students in India's Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.