Stepwells were common architecture in India until the 1800s. The structures vary greatly in size and ornateness, with some of the larger ones among India's biggest tourist attractions.

In sum, temple architecture across India and Southeast Asia is not just about religion or aesthetics. It’s a mirror reflecting layers of devotion, philosophy, engineering brilliance, and ...

The complex is the only temple outside of India dedicated to Meenakshi, the goddess of marriage. The temple’s several towers, constructed with Indian white granite, feature ornate sculptures of ...

The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Brahadisvara Ttemple at Gandgaikonda Cholapuram near Jayankondam, a UNESCO ...

India came to a halt Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the opening of a grand Hindu temple on a contested holy site that has become a symbol of religious tensions in the world ...

The nagara-style temple architecture is distinctive, with tapered, convex towers and spacious inner sanctums. Once a site filled with 85 temples, only 25 remain (the rest were destroyed in the ...

Ancient Hindu temples are part of the area, the dispute over which has sparked a war between Thailand and Cambodia. The ...

In 2019, several months after Modi’s reëlection, the Supreme Court of India—after a prolonged legal dispute—allowed for the construction of a Hindu temple on the site, which many Hindus ...

The temple was only a few miles away from RIT. The temple was smaller than we expected but on a big piece of land. The architecture was similar to the temple architecture that you would see in ...

Many Hindus believe an earlier Hindu temple to Lord Ram in Ayodhya was destroyed by Muslim emperors who ruled much of India from the 16th to 19th centuries, though archaeologists are divided. Some ...