The use of a sacred Hindu scripture during the "Oppenheimer" sex scene is sparking outrage among India's right wing. Reading from the Bhagavad Gita occurs during an intimate scene featuring Cillian ...

“People think anybody can recite the Bhagavata [Purana] and become famous,” Hemant Mani, 42, grumbled over the phone from his monastery in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. “Social media is giving people the ...

Jai Prakash: Pundit at Schenectady Hindu Temple and college student. Background: Born in Albany, raised in Loudonville. After graduating from Shaker High School in 2002, he got an associate degree ...

Complaints from religious and political leaders have forced the scrapping of a requirement for Hindu scriptures to be made available to students in India's Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hindu scriptures such as the Vedas, Puranas, and epics like the Mahabharata make numerous references to dogs. Far from being dismissed as ordinary animals, dogs in these texts are often portrayed as ...

Hindu Rules: Many people habitually touch their father's feet when leaving the house in the morning, and this isn't just a tradition; it's also a sentiment. In our society, the father is considered a ...

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