This article explores how Hindu gods transformed from mythic spirits to sacred icons of devotion ... first structured religious system. The Rig Veda, the oldest known Hindu scripture, introduced ...

Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in specific sacred sites. In fact, they are overwhelmingly focused on personal names—of gods, sages and ...

God chooses Bezalel, his assistant Oholiab, and every skilled craftsman that God has found (male or female) (Exodus 31:1-6). Skilled craftsmen, like God, are creative. They, like the Sabbath, are the ...

Author Manu S Pillai dives deep into primary and secondary sources to show the trajectory modern Hindu identity formation followed.