Yann Vagneux tells us about the Hindu god Ram, the ideal “maryada purushottam,” or the “perfect man.” (Photo courtesy of MEP) In early 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided ...

As a scholar of South Asian religions, I know that stories found in the “Puranas,” religious texts likely composed between the second and 10th centuries, describe why gods and goddesses favor certain ...

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Norblin rose to the occasion by painting beautiful murals of Hindu gods, entire scenes from Hindu epics Mahabharata and Ramayana and even the country's famed tigers, leopards and elephants in his ...

What are the best god games on PC? Whether you’re a benevolent deity, carefully managing a virtual world so that everyone can live in comfort and harmony, or an agent of chaos who has gone mad ...

A group of protestors demonstrated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York against Bangladesh chief adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, accusing him of illegally seizing power and inciting ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. PATNA, India (AP) — Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds in rituals that were part ...

The Puranas, loosely translated as “Old Tales,” include popular stories about Hindu gods and goddesses, kings and queens, and sages and other cultural heroes. In her study of the use of ...