HOUSTON, April 16, 2014 — Asia Society Texas Center will present a series of vibrant photographs by Brooklyn-based Indian contemporary artist Manjari Sharma, digital works and drawings by Abhishek ...

Four Indian statues on display during a ceremony marking the repatriation of over 200 artifacts to the Indian government, at Blair House in Washington, Monday, June 6, 2016. Statues from left are ...

Hindus in India have had a helping hand – several in fact – when it comes to fighting deadly contagions like COVID-19: multi-armed goddesses co-opted to help contain and kill pestilence. Collectively ...

Jagannath, worshipped primarily in Odisha, is a mysterious deity whose origins are steeped in tribal and Vedic syncretism. Unlike typical anthropomorphic gods, Jagannath’s wooden idol has a block-like ...

NEW DELHI—India's Hindu gods and goddesses are getting a superhero makeover. In new comics, paintings and popular books, depictions of Vishnu, Rama and other greats in the Hindu pantheon are being ...

NEW DELHI -- Nestled between the wedding sari boutiques and hipster jean shops, there's a store in the city's most popular shopping mall that's playing with the gods. The fashion, art and design store ...

It's an hour after opening time at a posh jewelry store in New Delhi. The scene is unusually sedate. Missing is the usual din of sales pitches and haggling. The sales girls sit primly behind glass ...

A stolen yogini statue, which was once on sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London, will be returned to the High Commission of India to be repatriated. The ancient statue depicts an Indian ...

Himachal Pradesh is home to numerous temples and monasteries that reflect its cultural and religious diversity. Hindu temples ...

India’s spiritual landscape has never stood still. Long before the grand shrines of Shiva and Vishnu rose to prominence, the land was alive with countless other gods. They watched over forests, rivers ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, famous forever as Sridevi, would have been celebrating her 60th birthday this year, had she not met her premature end at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower ...