(RNS) — This year’s India Day Parade in New York City on Sunday (Aug. 18), traditionally a celebration of India’s vibrant democracy and cultural diversity, will be marred with a float of a model Ram ...

(RNS) — For many Hindus in the diaspora, the temple opening signifies a new beginning — one that has the power to strengthen the roots of the global Hindu ecosystem. (RNS) — The consecration of a ...

“Ram ayenge toh angana sajayenge” – The popular song played on the transistor radio in the small chai ki tapri in a bylane of Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar, a posh, urban upper middle-class neighborhood, as I ...

On Jan. 22, when the solemn consecration ceremony of a grand Ram temple takes place in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya, much of the credit will go to the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, India, August 5, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Prime Minister’s Office Subscribe for ...

AYODHYA, India (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hindus braved biting cold on Tuesday to pray at a new temple to Lord Ram in India's northern city of Ayodhya, a day after its inaugural by Prime ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently oversaw the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, India, built on what was previously the site of the Babri Mosque. Now, as India prepares for ...

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Ziya Us Salam is an associate editor at The Hindu. His book, Being Muslim in Hindu India, hit newsstands in December To be a Muslim in an increasingly militant Hindu India is to feel alienated and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi criticized Congress and RJD leaders for allegedly dismissing Chhath as 'drama' while ...

This special report focuses on the upcoming grand flag installation ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which will be ...

NEW DELHI — Frenzied preparations are underway in the northern Indian holy city of Ayodhya to mark the opening of a grand temple to Lord Ram, Hinduism’s most revered deity. The Ram Mandir’s scheduled ...