Hanuman has the face of a monkey and the body of a man, a golden crown, and a long tail that follows his every move. The Hindu god is often depicted with his chest ripped open to reveal an image ...

Conservatives are raging over the arrival of a 90-foot tall statue of Hanuman, a Hindu deity that is half-human and half-monkey, in Texas. The massive statue was raised on August 15 at Sugar Land ...

Hindu devotees chant as they carry a statue of the Hindu God Ganesha on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in New Delhi, India on September 17, 2024. Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images ...

The "Statue of Union" was inaugurated Aug. 18 at the Sri Ashtalakshmi Hindu Temple in Sugar Land, Texas. It depicts the Hindu ...

Hindu texts describe worship with flowers as one of 16 “upacaras” or “services” to the divine. In temple rituals, “pujaris,” priests responsible for conveying the offerings to the ...

Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices of Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, and Jain ascetics.

Holi has its origins in Hindu mythology and lore and celebrates the divine love between the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha, and signifies a time of rebirth and rejuvenation. Advertisement.

See These Newly Restored Massive Paintings Devoted to a Hindu God The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...

The Sugar Land Hindu community is celebrating a local temple’s towering new 90-foot-tall statue of Hanuman, the god of wisdom, strength, courage and devotion. But the massive new monument has ...