THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Declaring that it was time for “sweeping overhaul” of certain temple customs, Sivagiri Mutt chief Swami ...

The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...

"Could the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba in Mecca, have once been a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva? What if the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A devotee holds a trident, a symbol of Hindu god Shiva, as she climbs the steps of the Lingamanthula Swamy ...

THE LEGEND OF RAM, THE PRINCE OF AYODHYA The temple will be the sacred abode of one of the Hindu pantheon's most popular gods, Ram, who Hindus believe was born at the exact site in Ayodhya.

Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with ...

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 ...

TIRUMALA: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has made it clear that only Hindus should be employed at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), ...

In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the temple of the Hindu god Shiva, holy men and devotees puffed on cannabis smoke, a practice that is normally illegal but is permitted during the Shivaratri ...

one of the main deities of Hinduism. The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.