As Wendy Doniger points out, ancient Brahmins most likely spoke native Indian dialects or Prakrit in everyday life but reserved Sanskrit for religious ... books each year promoting dominant Hindu ...

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I have been thinking about this book [Gods, Guns and Missionaries] since 2011 when I did my masters dissertation on Hindu nationalism ... It talks about religion, identity and the impact of ...

“It has been proved that these 18 TTD employees are practising and participating in non-Hindu religious activities, though they have taken the oath before the image and idol of Lord Venkateswara ...

The photo of a Naga Sadhu — a Hindu ascetic — at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in the ...

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

Historian Manu S. Pillai whose new book Gods, Guns and Missionaries explores the historical origins of modern Hinduism and how religious identities are refashioned under duress will discuss the ...

These are the deeply intriguing figures around which leading historian Charu Gupta has woven her compelling new social history of early 20th century north India in her new book Hindi Hindu ...

The Mahakumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and up to 400 million pilgrims were expected to visit before the festival’s final ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead millions in a ...

She defended her Hindu identity against religious bigotry, criticised political leaders for aligning with Islamist extremists, and invited people to learn more about her spiritual path.

Hindu ascetics, head into the holy rivers at dawn. Ava Poonawala, a resident of Mumbai, India, made the journey not as a pilgrim, but to "witness the world’s largest religious event in our ...