including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. In ancient Egypt, the lotus was closely associated with the sun god Ra and the concept of rebirth. The hieroglyphic symbol for the lotus, known as "Sesen ...

Chants of “Om Linga, Om Linga” resonated as barefoot Hindu pilgrims, many balancing offering-filled baskets and clay pitchers ...

The winner of the 2025 Grammy Award for best new age, ambient or chant album — a category once dominated by Enya — was an ...

Produced by Parithabangal Productions, the film is titled Oh God Beautiful. The makers released the film’s title teaser earlier today. According to a statement from the makers, “The film will ...

The Delhi High Court on 20 January permitted police to seize the paintings after a lawyer named Amita Sachdeva complained the artworks – featuring Hindu deities Ganesha and Hanuman alongside nud ...

Sachdeva was also the complainant in a case against an art gallery in Delhi for displaying paintings by the late artist MF Husain that are allegedly offensive to Hindu gods. On Thursday ...

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 ...

India’s Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh Mela, which has drawn millions of devotees to a confluence of sacred rivers in the northern Uttar Pradesh state, is mired in political controversy after ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

However, alongside this historic milestone, a troubling wave of online vitriol has emerged, targeting Usha Vance’s Hindu faith with racist and xenophobic rhetoric. Public interest in Usha Vance ...

At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...