A statue of the temple’s namesake — Murugan, a Hindu god of war — gleams from the rooftop, accompanied by his peacock poised at his side, representing divine power, beauty, and grace.

A Hindu priest revered by followers 'as a God' has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of the rape and attempted rape of a 'vulnerable' devotee. Born in the village of ...

A Hindu priest revered by followers 'as a God’ raped and sexually assaulted two ‘vulnerable’ devotees, a court has heard. Born in the village of Sreekrishnapuram in Kerala, India ...

Inside, centered on an orange wall, is a 6-by-3-foot painting of the Hindu god Krishna in the form of Shrinathji, a 7-year-old child. The blue-skinned figure, draped in necklaces and garlands ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the ...

Matsya is the first of the ten incarnations of the Hindu god Vishnu and is depicted as a fish. The legends of Matsya vary in Hindu texts, but the most famous one includes where Vishnu by taking ...

Sage Narada blessed the young child Dhruva with this most potent mantra, advising him to chant it to realise God. Sengalipuram Sri Damodara Dikshitar said in a discourse that our physical body ...

Don’t treat Hindu converts as second-class citizens in the kingdom of God because they did not grow up in Christian families. Don’t be judgmental of the new converts’ pace of learning ...

Hindu devotees pray to the sun god standing in knee deep waters in the Hussain Sagar Lake during Chhath festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) 33,623 ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A large idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha sat in the back of an open truck traveling along a busy Mumbai street, dwarfing other objects on the road. Hundreds of ...