Jains in Tamil Nadu are commemorating the 2,550th anniversary of Mahavira's nirvana, coinciding with the 50th year of a government pledge to safeguard Tamil Jainism. However, unlike the resurgence ...

On Mahavir Jayanti, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated a museum dedicated to Jain history and the life of Samrat Samprati, the ...

The Isha Upanishad is one of the shortest of the ancient Sanskrit scriptures known as the Upanishads, meaning “sitting down near” – the manner by which the student learned from the master. Hinduism, ...

When freed (from the senses) the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal. The eye does not go thither, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how any one can teach it.

Aside from the purely visual pleasures they provide, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian galleries constitute an invitation to learn about Hinduism and Buddhism, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The British Museum’s Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition brings together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, Buddhism ...

The residents call it a ‘forest deity’ suggesting that the entire place was once a forest and home to the Kani tribe. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A welcoming arch by the Vithura-Bonacaud road opens the door ...