Hinduism

A study seeking to detail religious affiliation in the U.S. has determined that Orlando has one of the nation's highest percentages of residents who describe themselves as Hindu. Orlando is the 20th most Hindu metropolitan areas in the nation, according...

Religion News Service reporter David Gibson writes about the religious diversity of the 113th Congress: (RNS) Three Buddhists, a Hindu and a “none” will walk into the 113th Congress, and it’s no joke. Rather, it’s a series of &#...

Greg: I'm not really sure what your point was in discussing days off for religious holidays like Diwali, a Hindu holiday. As you know, the U.S. is a Judeo-Christian country and we choose to take religious (Christian) days off. I hope you were not trying...

In a court case that has provided a grim reminder of the sectarian violence that has haunted India, 32 people were convicted of participating in riots between Hindus and Muslims that followed the burning of a train in 2002....

Indian Americans from Central Florida will host a meet-and-greet event for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, the first Hindu elected to Congress at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18, at 5200 Vineland Road, Orlando. Gabbard (D-HI), a practicing Hindu, campaigned on...

As we head into a busy holiday season highlighted by Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, let me be among the first to wish you Merry Diwali and a Happy Al-Hijra! Diwali, a Hindu holiday known as the "festival of lights," starts Tuesday. On Thursday,...

Thousands of shimmering lanterns illuminate India's towns and villages in an otherworldly glow on Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights. Hindu households set out rows of diya, small clay lamps, to create a symbolic path for Lord Rama on his legendary...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an 11-part series on Buddhism.   Philosophical Hinduism was based on the Upanishads, divinely revealed philosophical writings (shruti), which only men of the upper three classes were permitted to read. Later...

Editor’s note: This is the third of an 11-part series on Buddhism. If The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path define the Buddha’s practice, several doctrines explain and support that practice. All of them purport to be based on his own...

Normally meat-centric McDonald’s confirmed that it plans to open two all-vegetarian locations in India — and now customers, herbivore activists and others are buzzing. One no-meat branch will be based in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in...

A religious group is asking event organizers for this week's QuakeCon 2012 Dallas festival to omit a video game it says is hurtful to Hindus. The video game SMITE takes players through an 'online battleground between mythical gods,' according to the...

Domestic terrorist David Michael Wade’s recent attack on the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., may have for the first time made Americans aware of Sikhism, a religion founded in northwestern India during the late 15th and early 16th century by Guru...