In Hindu music, there are both ancient traditions and contemporary songs. Two main classical music forms–Hindustani, from northern India, and Carnatic, from the south–provide much of the ...

Other Christian rappers, many of whom also rap in Hindi and English, have drawn a following online, including Raushan Bhairamadgi (or RJBMADZ), Roshan Tony, Joy Punekar, Isaac Dailey, Sheldon Bangera, ...

Most Carnatic songs are devotional, in praise of Hindu deities. Some verses are from as early as the 2nd century, but most were composed from the 16th century onward, especially during the 18th ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — Illuminated by a skylight at the center of a small factory-turned-Hindu temple in Queens sits a murti of ...

Many B-Town actors have been devotees of Lord Shiva and celebrate Sawan with great fervour. Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff, Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn have often spoken about their faith in the Lord.

In Hindu devotional poetry, love directed toward Vishnu can take many forms, including service, maternal adoration and the intense intimacy of lovers.

Many maintain that Jesus’ incarnation significantly differs from the Hindu concept of an avatar. Diwali, for instance, commemorates the victory and return from exile of King Rama, the god Vishnu ...

One by one, Hindu temples in the U.S. that had been scheduled to host concerts this fall by Arun and another Carnatic star, T.M. Krishna, have said the singers are no longer welcome.

Much of the alvars’ poetry reveals an intense longing for a silent and absent god, so much so that it has been called “ viraha bhakti,” or devotion in separation.