dubbed the “Picasso of India”, was one of South Asia’s most renowned artists but no stranger to controversy, repeatedly accused of obscenity by Hindu groups for painting deities in the nude ...

The swarm of saints, sadhus, ash-smeared Nagas (a sect of Hindu ascetics), pilgrims ... “At the Kumbh Mela, you never know when god may appear before you in human form and bless you,” says ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

SHO Cyber Police Station, South is directed convert the contents ... The complainant alleged that she had "demeaned" Hindu God Ram, and "glorified" Ravana, showed Sita and Draupadi in a ...

The SHO of Cyber Police Station, South, is directed to convert ... that demeaning Hindu deities and figures. The posts, dating back to 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2022, allegedly insulted Hindu God Ram, ...

It’s just that the term could be applied there very easily,” said historian Manu Pillai during an insightful discussion about his latest book Gods, Guns and Missionaries at the Hindu Lit for ... how ...

Cults of masculinity have been intrinsic to South Asian culture for millennia. Whether in ancient vedic literature, or in the heterodox traditions of Buddhism and Jainism and the Hindu epics that ...

A report by scientists from the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) in 2019 recorded 268 human deaths due to attacks by elephants between 2010 and 2018 in all the forest ...

If you want to learn more about Indian Gods – including Shiva, Ganesha and Saraswati – and their Japanese counterparts, you have come to the right place. Jaee Vartak of Enso School of ...

Across cultures, India and Japan share ancient connections through their gods. Many Hindu deities are actively worshipped in Japan, with hundreds of shrines dedicated to them. Deities such as ...