Hinduism

Thousands gather at Hindu festival in India as virus surges

By BISWAJEET BANERJEEJanuary 14, 2022 GMT

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of devout Hindus, led by heads of monasteries and ash-smeared ascetics, took a holy dip into the frigid waters of the Ganges River in northern India on Friday despite rising COVID-19 infections in the country.

In Hinduism, women creating spaces for their own leadership

By DEEPTI HAJELADecember 13, 2021 GMT

Will yoga classes in public school lead kids to convert?

Yonat ShimronJune 11, 2021 GMT

(RNS) — As soon as Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill lifting the state’s 30-year ban on teaching yoga in public schools last month, the critics began weighing in.

Christian conservatives said yoga classes might lead students to convert to Hinduism.

AP PHOTOS: Hindu festival draws crowds of bathers to rivers

By RAJESH KUMAR SINGHFebruary 25, 2021 GMT

Louis Vuitton yoga mat made of leather draws Hindu complaint

December 22, 2020 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it “hugely insensitive...

Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMAJanuary 17, 2020 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital on Friday to protest against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants.