“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 ...

A Catholic priest and human rights activist from the western Indian state of Gujarat has welcomed the inclusion of a Hindu scripture, Bhagavad Gita, in the school syllabus but warned against growing ...

In the vast, intricate world of Hinduism, animals are much more than earthly beings. They are seen as carriers of divine energy, symbols of cosmic truths, and sometimes even as direct incarnations of ...