Andhra Pradesh's government allocates ₹603 crore for renovating 498 temples, enhancing spiritual centers and ensuring ...

India’s temples are more than sacred spaces, they are living museums of art, history, and engineering. These temples were ...

Historian MyNaa Swamy uncovers and deciphers a 14th-century Sanskrit inscription at Sri Lakshmi Chennakesava Temple in ...

Menstruation restrictions are one of the most emotionally loaded topics in modern Hindu culture. Many families still forbid ...

"First published as two books: 'Some ancient Hindu temples of Sri Lanka' in 1980 and 'More Hindu temples of Sri Lanka' in 1991"--Title page verso Contents Section I. Vinayakar temples -- Section II.

VARANASI, INDIA — Visitors to this ancient city are invariably struck by its timelessness, the feeling that life is as it was a thousand years ago. The faithful still bathe at dawn in the holy waters ...

Even now, with a heap of debris in the courtyard of his 600-year-old home in Varanasi—a Hindu pilgrimage center and one of the world’s oldest continually inhabited cities—Ram Nath carries a pitcher of ...

India has some truly fascinating Shiva temples, each with its own story and legend. From hilltop shrines and river islands to ...

If you’ve ever wanted to visit India, head to Main Street in Robbinsville, N.J., just west of Hamilton Township, where a gold-topped spire will peek above the skyline. Head toward it, and you arrive ...

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STRATFORD — When Charul Kothari walks into the new Maa Durga Temple at the Hindu Cultural Center on Chapel Street, he said he feels the presence of the divine. "When you walk into a temple like this, ...