Every few months, the debate keeps cropping up again: “Hinduism needs to modernize.” This is being reiterated by columnists, activists, academicians, and social media personalities often without any ...

Teaching Hinduism? Here’s a review of the ten most common misconceptions about Hinduism from Sheetal Shah, the Senior Director of the Hindu American Foundation, in an essay for the Washington Post’s ...

Hinduism, originating in India, has spread globally. India has the largest Hindu population, followed by Nepal. Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan also have significant Hindu communities. Sri Lanka, ...

Hindus worship one Supreme Being called Brahman though by different names. This is because the peoples of India with many different languages and cultures have understood the one God in their own ...

Hinduism is widely regarded as the oldest religion in the world, with roots that trace back thousands of years. Unlike other major religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no fixed date of origin, ...

Explores how Hinduism's vegetarianism evolved, showing Java's meat-eating Shaivism and the social forces behind dietary norms.

Seven judges of the Supreme Court will start to re-examine on Tuesday the question – What is Hinduism: a way of life or a religion practised by some people in India? The Supreme Court will take a ...

Manu Pillai tells his audience how a Bala Murugan temple deity in Kerala’s Alappuzha district acquired the rather catchy moniker, “Munch Murugan.” When a small boy in the region fell ill, his parents ...

Editor’s Note: Varun Soni is an adjunct professor of religion and dean of religious life at the University of Southern California. He is the first Hindu to serve as the chief religious or spiritual ...

Shoba Narayan is a columnist and the author of two books: "Monsoon Diary" and "Return to India." Updated January 9, 2013, 8:27 AM I am a Hindu. I love my religion's glorious and imaginative epic ...