Eight Hindu priests from other states joined the two priests at the Hindu Temple of Greater Tulsa to perform more than 60 rituals over a four-day period leading up to the Maha Kumbhabhishekam ceremony ...

(RNS) — Religious rituals are sensory encounters. The smell of candles, incense, the taste of wine at Communion or prasad, the blessed food at Hindu worship practices: Each is aimed at involving the ...

CONCORD — The Hindu Shiva Murugan Temple stands resplendent, adorned by a mosaic of art, culture and spirituality. Inside, chants of vedic mantras echo alongside traditional songs from barrel-shaped ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center left, performs rituals during the opening of the temple dedicated to Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, on Jan. 22, 2024. Press Information Bureau via AP The consecration ...

When throngs gathered to rededicate the oldest major Hindu temple in the United States, there was poignance -- prayers for continued recovery from the pandemic that struck many loved ones in India -- ...

When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to - her grandmother.

ROBINS — As gongs rang through the field and incense drifted in the breeze, a crowd in Indian and Western garb wove together around a square to make a declaration that comes about once in a generation ...

Like all of Utah’s religious groups, Hindus have been forced by COVID-19 to cut back their various festivals and forms of worship. It has been especially hard for a faith whose deities are housed in a ...

SINGAPORE - The Hindu community now has a sheltered space to perform seaside rituals for their departed loved ones with the opening of a new facility at Changi Beach.Announced five years ago, Karma ...