A decades-long flashpoint in India’s sectarian politics reached a climax on Monday with the inauguration of a vast Hindu temple on a contested holy site that was once home to a mosque. “After ...

Its site is sacred to Hindus, and it also represents the much more recent victory of Hinduism as a political identity. By Alex Travelli and Hari Kumar Reporting from New Delhi and Ayodhya in India ...

People buy flags of Hindu Lord Ram from a local shop in Mumbai, India, Jan. 16, 2024, ahead of the opening of the grand temple for the Lord Ram, one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, in Ayodhya on ...

India’s temples are not just places of worship, they are often architectural marvels set in some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the country. From shrines perched on sky-piercing Himalayan ...

Though still not complete, the sprawling Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir fulfils a long-standing promise by Modi to build a Hindu temple on the site of a 16th century mosque that was destroyed by Hindu ...

(New York) – Indian authorities should urgently act to prevent further escalation in communal violence following the consecration of a controversial Hindu temple in Uttar Pradesh state on January 22, ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed Monday’s consecration ceremony as “the beginning of a new time cycle” in a speech to thousands of guests outside temple’s complex. “Today our Lord Ram ...

Grand Hindu temple will open January in India's holy town of Ayodhya Hotels, real estate firms spend big as land prices surge Radisson and LuLu Group among the investors Muslims and the poor say they ...

The Kailasa Temple at Ellora, a monolithic structure carved from a single rock, is one of the best examples of Indian rock-cut architecture. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, this astounding feat of ...