India is marked by its “unity in diversity,” a term coined by its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The nation is home to dozens of languages, cultures, traditions, and religions, and the ...

From Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause): Last week, Michigan Congressman Shri Thanedar announced formation of the 28-member "Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain US Congressional Caucus." According to ...

Objections from a group of mostly Northern Nevada-based religious leaders have resulted in the removal of a religion-themed statue from The Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. The faith leaders asked ...

BOSTON (AP) — An interfaith coalition is launching a campaign to stop what organizers call the ‘disrespectful’ use of sacred Buddhist and Hindu statues as decor in nightclubs. BOSTON (AP) — America’s ...

Jains say their religion had no beginning and it has no end. They say it has existed since existence itself began. But temporal existence has a milestone starting today for the Jain community in ...

(RNS) — The joint statement echoes a growing trend among some Hindu Americans who are concerned with the American political courtship of members of the Bharatiya Janata Party of India — a political ...

Sunday afternoon, thousands of people across Sacramento joined together to celebrate Diwali — the Hindu festival of lights.

While most students are grabbing an early dinner in the Brodhead Center or working out in Wilson or Brodie, a little-known weekly gathering takes place on Thursdays at 6 p.m. in Duke’s Hindu Life Room ...

People in Bhopal, India, light oil lamps during the Deep Utsav, or Light Festival, during the Diwali festival celebrations. (Sanjeev Gupta/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock ...