There are many stories and legends about animals in the Hindu religion. Dogs, in particular, are sacred, and killing or mistreating them is considered a sin. In Nepal and parts of India, dogs are even ...

She is wrapped in a traditional sari as she speaks, a kindly twinkle in her eye even as she seems to chide in an Instagram video posted in March. “Kids often tell me they have no time for puja,” The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever wanted to visit India, head to Main Street in Robbinsville, N.J., just west of Hamilton Township, where a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Between them, North and South Dakota are home to a large number of churches, synagogues and mosques. A Hindu temple will soon join those places of worship. The Hindu Temple of ...

TEA, S.D. - Following delays due to construction issues, the first Hindu temple in the Dakotas now has an official opening date. The Hindu Temple of Siouxland in Tea, a South Dakota town southwest of ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on ...

Gopal Aggarwal recently returned home to Sugar Land from what may be the largest faith gathering in the world — the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage held every three years in India. “Kumbh Mela is a ...

This is not a book of Hindu catechism as it might appear in the first few pages. Nor, is it a highfalutin reiteration of the sublime ideas of Hinduism as stated in various texts. Rajmohan Gandhi is ...

For Vijay Pallod, a board member of the Hindus of Greater Houston, attracting young people to his organization was sometimes a struggle. “It’s always hard to find youth,” he said. “We wanted to have ...