Supporters of the right-wing Hindu groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal reacting to communal clashes in Haryana state, burn an effigy and shout slogans in Ahmedabad, India, on Aug. 2, ...
On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the opening of the Ram Mandir—a Hindu temple—in Ayodhya, a city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh; this has been a long-standing dream ...
India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced ...
Introduction: Hindu temples : social histories. The temple and royalty. Introduction to temple and royalty / Salila Kulshreshtha ; The sacred geography of a medieval capital : Hampi-Vijayanagara--a ...
Republic Day, celebrated annually on January 26, marks India's transition to a sovereign democratic republic in 1950. This ...