Navratri, honoring Goddess Durga, runs from October 3 to October 12, 2024. This festival involves wearing specific colors ...

In Hindu tradition, each day of the week is dedicated to a specific deity, and Wednesday is primarily associated with worship of Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of wisdom, prosperity ...

A young Hindu explains some essential beliefs of Hinduism concerning God and the purpose of life. He makes clear the Hindu belief in God as the Supreme Being and the existence of many lesser gods ...

The Puranas, loosely translated as “Old Tales,” include popular stories about Hindu gods and goddesses, kings and queens, and sages and other cultural heroes. In her study of the use of ...

Indian sculptor Naresh Kumawat is crafting what will be Canada’s largest statue of a Hindu god. You may have already caught a ...

The Hindu festival of Holi remembers the god Krishna, and how as a young boy, he used to play tricks on people. To celebrate this event Hindus often throw coloured powder over each other ...

a temple to the important Hindu god Krishna at Vrindavan) to the extreme intolerance of his great-grandson Aurangzeb (who demolished parts of the same temple in Vrindavan). Attitudes toward ...

God has no partiality between celestials, ogres, demons, devils, or human beings. He does not stipulate that only some groups will be granted moksha and not others. He will be pleased with those ...

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 ...