Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism. The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by ...

India’s best-selling author Amish Tripathi has been working on documentaries for some time now and his latest outing is Discovery India’s Legends of Shiva With Amish. The mythological figure of Hindu ...

Hindu devotees offer flowers to gods and goddesses as part of worship rituals. Dinodia Photo/Corbis Documentary via Getty images In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, ...

In this photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh, smoke rises from burning incense as a devotee offers prayers to Hindu god Shiva at a temple, on the occasion of Shrawan Somvar in Lucknow, India. Hindus consider ...

Is Shiva the cool god of the younger generation? The Hindu deity appears these days on television, in books, movies and even on tattoos. Popular Indian cricket star Ravindra Jadeja, who has more than ...

In a clearing within Kauai Aadheenam’s lush gardens, the ping, ping, pinging of metal chipping at stone can be heard over the sounds of bird calls. A half-dozen artisans from South India put the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) — Located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the Himalayan country's capital, the Pashupatinath Temple complex is the site of daily ritual cremations. KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) — ...

Aside from the purely visual pleasures they provide, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian galleries constitute an invitation to learn about Hinduism and Buddhism, the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A three-eyed calf is being hailed as a spiritual icon across India. The baby animal has ...