“We grew up reading the sacrifice of the ninth guru,” he said, referring to Guru Tegh Bahadur, known for giving his life to protect Kashmiri Hindu holy men from forced conversions during the ...

The Atharvaveda, known as the oldest literary monument of Indian medicine, refers to nomadic holy men who practised exorcism, breath control, ritual dancing, and could place curses on their opponents.

Hindu women prepared ‘puranpoli’ and ‘naralachi wadi’ at their homes and served them to the Muslim brethren fasting in the holy month of ... fruits for Muslim men and women who ...

DELHI, India (RNS) — For more than three decades, Mohammed Mehmood, a Muslim, had been hired by Hindu holy men to light their tents during celebrations of Kumbh Mela, a festival that every 12 ...

Politicians and parties have used iftars to forge peace during strife but also to woo elite Muslims for votes.

Later in the day rumours circulated on social media that the Holy Quran was desecrated ... Love Jihad - a conspiracy theory accusing Muslim men of wooing Hindu women to force them to convert ...

Every community welcomes the holy month with its distinctive traditions and practices ... and other popular foods during Ramadan. Even Buddhist and Hindu sellers fill their bazaars with Ramadan goods.

What became of the settlement that Christopher Columbus' crew built after his flagship ran aground? Clark Moore (in Haiti near the Bay of L'Acul, where the <em>Santa ...

Whether in ancient vedic literature, or in the heterodox traditions of Buddhism and Jainism and the Hindu epics that followed; whether in the ascetic traditions of yoga, the popular puranas, or the ...

Even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called for restraint and said that the violence in Nagpur on Monday over rumours that a holy book ... jihad”. Hindu right-wing outfits use the term “love jihad ...