The measure had been championed by California’s Dalit community. Once known as “untouchables,” Dalits occupy the bottommost rung of the Hindu hierarchy, and they have traditionally been confined to ...

Earlier this month he launched the Hindus for America First PAC, intended to provide a “safe space” for Hindus, like him, who ...

Avirup Sarkar is a Bangladeshi Hindu, living in a country that is 90% Muslim. His widowed cousin lives in a sprawling joint family house in a mixed neighbourhood in Netrokona, a district ...

A century-old sacred Hindu shrine in Pakistan was destroyed by a Muslim mob in December - the second ransacking and desecration of the holy site. Pakistan's Supreme Court has issued an order to ...

"One of the most celebrated Hindu festivals, Diwali or Deepavali commemorates the victory of good over evil during the course of five days," the Hindu American Foundation says. "The word refers to ...

In India, where there are many Hindus, it is often still the case that mandirs are devoted to only one god or goddess. However, in the UK, many mandirs include lots of different shrines to all the ...

11-year-old Vraj shows us around a Hindu temple, called a mandir, and tells us about the religious statues called murtis that Hindus keep in their temples and homes. Hinduism is over 4,000 years ...

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(RNS) — As Hindu American participation in politics has increased over the past decade, its political affiliations have begun to shift. (RNS) — Utsav Sanduja, born in Canada 34 years ago ...