One literary tradition rarely highlighted is that of Hindu “bhakti” or ecstatic devotion ... an intense longing for a silent and absent god, so much so that it has been called “viraha ...

(RNS) — From Grammy winners to yoga teachers, the ancient art of sacred Hindu music is appealing to ... the devotional songs commonly associated with the Hare Krishna faith.

Inside, chants of vedic mantras echo alongside traditional songs from barrel-shaped Thavil ... A statue of the temple’s namesake — Murugan, a Hindu god of war — gleams from the rooftop ...

South Asian Christians use connections between the Diwali festival and Christmas to point their communities to Christ. In New Delhi’s Chittaranjan Park, Mary David adjusts the traditional ...

the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day and stay up all night, singing and dancing to religious songs. At some temples, Hindu holy men, also known as Sadhus ...