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A new mural on display in India’s new $110 million Parliament has become an unlikely target of ire among its South Asian neighbors, with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh seeking an explanation ...
Drawing on prior anti-colonial Hindu revivalist movements from across India, Hindu nationalism ignited in the mid-1920s, disproportionately led by Brahmin Hindus from the western region of ...
GUJARAT, India (RNS) — In western India, where thousands of monks once worshipped in caves chiseled into the rocky hills, a fight is on to keep Hindu chauvinists from erasing a 2,000-year-old ...
The Kailasa Temple and the Lie of “No Architecture Before the Mughals” One of the most awe-inspiring examples of human craftsmanship and spiritual intention stands quietly in Ellora, Maharashtra—the ...
About 2,000 years ago, art on the Indian subcontinent underwent "a stunning transformation", said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian. Where it had previously been "enigmatically abstract", it started ...
William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world For a better experience, Read this story in our App SENSEX 81,327.47 ...
Exploring India’s design past A look at bold colours, geometric patterns and intricate architectural elements, derived from the era of kings, that are still seen in modern homes ...
Authorities in Nagpur, India imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of the city after clashes ensued over demands by Hindu nationalist groups to demolish the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler.
Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.
A new mural on display in India’s new $110 million Parliament has become an unlikely target of ire among its South Asian neighbors, with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh seeking an explanation ...