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

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 ...

The practice of untouchability is most visible during the cremation. Again, no pundit would perform the funeral and read ...

If they recited verses from the sacred Quran, then they also listened to the words from the Vedas, Modi noted ... did not only mention this in his book but was also proud of it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Sufi tradition as India’s shared heritage and praised its saints for their pluralistic message, saying they recited the verses of Quran and also ...

Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in specific sacred sites ... Oddly enough, though, the Manusmriti (Book eight verse 92) claims that pilgrimage ...

The establishment of this grand yantra has been a lifelong vision of Swami Sahajanand Nath, the founder of the research center. He stated th ...

Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in specific sacred sites. In fact ... either in pamphlet form or in well-produced coffee table books. By the late ...