Three days after a court in India ordered the seizure of two paintings by late artist MF Husain over a complaint that they were “offensive,” the gallery displaying them strongly opposed the “unfounded ...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Kanchan Paul is deep in concentration as he paints the right eye on a clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga. He stands on a plastic stool and leans in toward the 8-foot-tall ...

Huge crowds of devotees gathered across India this month to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the deity Ganesha, the elephant-headed, round-bellied god of prosperity ...

(RNS) — Outside my fourth-floor window, the sounds of devotional chanting, lively music and drum beats echoed in the narrow street below. It was Ganesh Chaturthi, a 10-day Hindu festival that earlier ...

(RNS) — At least five towering statues of Hindu gods have been built across Canada and the US in the past decade. (RNS) — Days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his most recent executive ...

Mass-produced and inexpensive, Hindu prints are often overlooked by the art world as merely souvenirs or “calendar art.” But a new Museum of Fine Arts exhibition asks visitors to take a closer look.

Throughout India, markets are always bustling with flower vendors, selling freshly cut marigolds, roses and lotus flowers. Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, ...

HYDERABAD: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have intensified their criticism of Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy over his recent comments on Hinduism, with the row prompting an ...