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The basics of Hindu cosmology and mythology. (This is the third of a series. See earlier ones here and here.) Christians and Jews tend to ask lots of questions about how life began. Hindus tend not to ...

Animals are not just a part of nature in Hindu beliefs; they are intimately linked to divine narratives and spiritual symbols ...

In India, Hindu nationalists have swept recent elections, and flush from victory, stand accused of using vigilantism to promote a Hindu way of life for all Indians. At a buffalo market outside the ...

or Mother Cow. It represents selfless giving, as it provides milk and dairy products without taking life in return. Ancient scriptures such as the Vedas describe the cow as an embodiment of wealth, ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Hindu group hosted a cow urine drinking party on Saturday as they believe it wards off the coronavirus, as many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine ...

TARANAGAR, India — As a truck screeches to a halt on an Indian highway in the middle of the night, devout young Hindus armed with sticks scramble inside, searching for cows they consider sacred.

Deborah Andrews’ mom always told her not to feed the strays, but she never listened. The little girl who took in cats, dogs and an array of reptiles now runs Daydream Rescue Sanctuary, a 52-acre ...

The lynching began with an announcement over the loudspeaker of the local temple: a calf had been slaughtered. It was 28th September 2015, around the Eid holiday, and Hindu-Muslim tensions were ...

In Varun Chopra’s Oscar-contending documentary short Holy Cowboys, the director offers a peek into a side of India’s societal structure on how the cow, a sacred and holy animal to the majority Hindu ...