Women in the country have struggled for centuries for their rights, freedom and ownership. It seems history has been quite ...

Dayanand Saraswati was devout Shiva worshipper, but a temple incident led him to reject idol worship early on, and go on a mission to transform Hinduism, ultimate founding the Arya Samaj and bringing ...

Much of the early search for a lost Indus Valley language centred on the seals that were found when the old cities were ...

Who was Emperor Harshavardhan, who donated all his wealth at Kumbh every five years? It is said that he gave until his royal ...

In his new book Nalanda, breathtaking in its sweep and lyrical in its glory, the poet-diplomat Abhay K unearths with tender ...

Since gaining recognition in the spiritual sphere, the Kinnar, or Hijra transgender community, has frequently found itself in ...

The Kumbh Mela has various myths and stories surrounding its origins, with some tracing it back to mentions in ancient texts like the Vedas and Puranas ... come for a single ritual bath in the sacred ...

At the age of 12 he left Jerusalem for India where he studied the Vedas. He was welcomed by the outcasts for ... book Buddhism (Penguin 1962): Before the seventh century the sole religion of Tibet was ...

Mukesh Ambani, along with his family, recently attended the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, joining millions of devotees at this sacred event ... and little Prithvi and Veda looked adorable in ...

In 1962, archaeologists uncovered an extraordinary artifact in a tomb near Thessaloniki, Greece—the Derveni Papyrus.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a case involving a deceased religious leader who owned the copyrights to works reflecting his teachings.

With the intention of preserving Byzantine spiritual wisdom, Greek monk Nicodemus devoted his life to writing the massive tome Philokalia.