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DANVILLE, Pa. — On Jerseytown Road near Danville in Montour County, a new Hindu Temple called Shanti Mandir is ready to welcome the faithful. Board members Ashok Bhanushali and Zankhana Mehta ...

My name is Bibliodander and I love to read books. But sadly, I do not have many books at home, and I can’t go to a library. Why? Because I am a monster and monsters cannot be seen. They can only ...

In April, Australia announced a grant of $8.5 million to help the Hindu community in the country build its first Hindu school. Posting about the development on the microblogging platform ‘X’, ...

The call for symbolic sacrifice comes amidst ongoing debates surrounding animal slaughter during Eid al-Adha. Hindu organisations argue that no religion advocates for taking the life of a living being ...

When Vasco da Gama and his Portuguese crew landed on the coast of Kerala in 1498, they went to a Hindu temple. Here, they participated in religious rites and prayed to a goddess. Da Gama and his ...

India’s auto-makers have nearly a month-long supply of rare earth magnets — a critical component in EV manufacturing — government officials who took stock of the situation said. As an ...

The philosophy of Buddhism primarily focused on the eradication of elaborate rituals and posed a contradiction against the virtues in the Vedic Hindu tradition, but this never gave rise to enmity ...

For decades, India’s political elite danced a peculiar waltz: they governed a nation steeped in Hindu tradition yet shied away from embracing this identity publicly. Secularism, as it was practiced, ...

DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette “This is for the people,” said Board President Ashok Bhanushali, of a new Hindu temple, named Shanti Mandir, just outside of Danville. The temple, whose name means ...

It is also the site of Pakistan’s largest annual Hindu festival, which usually takes place in mid-April. The Hindus residing in Pakistan travel hundreds of kilometers through rugged terrain to ...

Ashadha, the fourth month of the Hindu calendar, begins on 12 June 2025. Spiritually significant and dedicated to Lord Vishnu, it marks the start of the monsoon and the Chaturmas period. On Devshayani ...