Their names used to reverberate through early morning prayers, fire rites, and sacred chants. As guardians of rain, fire, dawn, and justice, they were the lifeblood of ancient Indian devotion. But ...

At first glance, Hindu gods appear blue. Many assume it’s their actual skin color, but the truth is far deeper. Blue isn’t literal it’s a symbol of the infinite. The sky, the oceans, and the cosmos ...

While a ceremonial fusillade of firecrackers sounded outside, a black-capped Brahmin pandit recited Sanskrit prayers last week in a factory conference hall at Poona, outside Bombay. It was the time of ...