(The Conversation) — In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra or Durga Puja, worshipers all over the world will purchase flowers for use in ritual worship in temples, ...

(RNS) The founder of the online giant has done remarkable things, but showing him as Lord Vishnu -- and in an article about the "conquest" of India -- was too much for some Hindus. (RNS) Hinduism ...

(This is the second in a series. Here’s the previous episode.) Hindu worship has so many variants that it seems endlessly confusing to many outside the faith. Scholars attempt to classify, but each ...

2 Casting & Cities Announced For THE OUTSIDERS North American Tour Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior, the first major museum exhibition to focus on the Hindu deity Vishnu, has been organized by ...

Along a quiet neighborhood street in Livermore, behind wrought iron gates and down a long tree-lined entry, stands a brilliant white temple, intricately carved in high relief. Any Westerner whose ...

PEDDA RUSHIKONDA, INDIA—Archaeologists from the Andhra Pradesh State Department of Archaeology and Museums were summoned to a beach in Pedda Rushikonda to evaluate an unusual object protruding from ...

Police have recovered a touchstone idol of the Hindu deity Vishnu weighing approximately 137 kilograms from Porsha upazila of Naogaon district. On a tip-off, law enforcers conducted a drive on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hindu devotees offer flowers to gods and goddesses as part of worship rituals. Dinodia Photo/Corbis Documentary via Getty images ...