A WORKSHOP on Hindu funeral rites was held by Malaysia Hindu ... about these rites that are deeply rooted in the religion’s customs and beliefs. Anand Gopi said that such workshops were ...

After public homage between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., the family rituals will be performed as per their customs from 8 a.m ... between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The funeral procession will commence at ...

It is grimly easy to discern the hole left by departed faith. Part of it is the prevalent hopelessness that feeds so many ...

Venerable Walpola Rahula Thero’s 118th death anniversary fell on the 9th of May. On the 24th of May, a commemorative event is ...

His retinue insisted on a funeral ceremony as per Hindu customs. However, there was a hitch. The Catholic church frowned on cremations and the local city government had banned the practice. Finally, ...

Close to the heels of nine venomous snakes and other wildlife rescued from a Thai flight, Bengaluru Customs officials on Wednesday recovered as many as 3000 red-eared slider turtles being smuggled ...

As cremation rates rise and consumer preferences shift, funeral homes are innovating in surprisingly unconventional ways so they don’t die out. Defying convention, Hamilton’s Funeral Home in ...

I received a registered letter with a bundle of forms informing me that an overseas parcel addressed to me had arrived but ...

According to the TTD records of 2021, the board had about 40 non-Hindu employees at its institutions. (X/TTDevasthanams) TTD executive officer J Shyamala Rao told reporters that the trust board ...

The Centre on Wednesday drew a parallel between the Hindu Code Bill and the Waqf Act in an argument for the latter's constitutionality in a Supreme Court hearing. Supreme Court heard Centre's ...

The last bit was added to appease the religious conservatives who saw an existential threat to the Sanatana Hindu dharma under the new secular order. Multiple factors helped shape Nepal’s new ...