INDIA: A God for Mokhimpur. 5 minute read. TIME. February 4, 1957 12:00 AM GMT-5. T he 70-odd villagers of Mokhimpur in Uttar Pradesh were nobodies. Spurned by their neighbors because their ...

Modi presents India’s 200 million Muslims as “infiltrators” and suggests that Ram can subdue them. But using Ram as a political weapon defiles the great achievement of modern India ...

The temple inauguration marks the culmination of a decades-long dispute over a site Hindus believe is the birthplace of the god Ram. Critics call the temple a monument to India's eroding secularism.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a new message for supporters on the campaign trail: God has chosen him. “I’m convinced that God has sent me for a purpose, and when that purpose is ...

So, whatever is happening, or whatever I [Modi] am doing, is God’s wish.” Modi's extremely shrewd appeal is to encourage Indians to vote for his party and thus contribute to fulfilling God’s will. A ...

Hindu nationalist groups had shared the Catholic priest’s remarks on social media and carried out demonstrations demanding his arrest for offending their “religious sentiments.” ...

In a line-up of India’s sporting heroes, most of whom have gained celebrity status through cricket, Neeraj Chopra is an anomaly.

Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism. The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by… ...

When I was growing up in India, gods and religions seemed to be everywhere. But I needed to find faith my own way. By Tishani Doshi For the 330 million Hindu gods said to be worshiped in India ...