This is the first installment in RD’s latest series, “What in the What??,” in which our experts offer insight into religious political movements currently shaping our world. Some contemporary Hindu ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing Bhoomi Pujan (ground-breaking ceremony) of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, India, Aug. 5, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Press Information Bureau-Prime Minister’s ...

THE South African Hindu Maha Sabha (SAHMS) has proposed becoming a designated reviewing authority for foreign Hindu priest visas to combat fraud and protect local employment opportunities. The ...

We need to give space to American Hindus to challenge, reform, and even get rid of practices that perpetuate harm.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court issued a landmark judgment last week stating that temple funds can’t be used or misused by the government. The Division Bench of Justices Vivek Singh Thakur and Rakesh ...

Hindus are the fourth-largest religious category, after Christians, Muslims and religiously unaffiliated people. The Asia-Pacific region is home to 99% of the global Hindu population, with around 95% ...

LONDON (RNS) — As he tied a sacred thread to King Charles III’s wrist on Wednesday (Oct. 29), the head monk of London’s BAPS Swaminarayan temple blessed the string as “a string of friendship… to ...