Worshipping Naga on Krishna Panchami provides spiritual blessings, protection, wisdom, and karmic balance. Devotees seek this ...

The temple is believed to have been constructed by Kalyan Das Suri in the third quarter of the 19th Century. Kalyan Das Suri ...

It is a common practice in Hinduism to offer food to idols of God. This is called bhog. While bhog is offered to all deities, ...

Our God came to us first. A Malaysian Hindu devotee with his back pierced with hooks makes his way towards the Batu Caves ...

The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size -- and for the ...

According to a new study published in the journal Science, the country is now home to 75% of the world’s tigers, despite ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

The elaborate shrines of Shiva and Vishnu — two of the main deities in Hinduism — were built based on 10th- and 12th-century Indian architecture and sit symmetrically across from one another ...

Then there is the large red vertical mark, or names of various Hindu gods written in Hindi and English. Hindu priest Pandey, who sits cross-legged at a nearby stretch of the riverbank, can apply ...

(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Tools for sacred marks, sandalwood paste, vermillion powder and metal stamps of Hindu gods’ names are placed in a tray by a Hindu priest at the confluence of the Ganges, the ...