In the pantheon of Hindu deities, Shiva stands as a paradox, a mystery, and a profound truth. He is the yogi who renounces ...

In Hinduism, Kali represents the vengeful feminine form of Vishnu, the protector of the universe. Vishnu, working in tandem ...

In India where light skin is coveted, a new campaign is re-imagining popular Hindu gods and goddesses with a darker skin, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi. The desire for fairer skin is not ...

"In a sense, we can trace a genealogy for militant Hinduism back to earlier times. History offers evidence of friendly ...

The Puranas, loosely translated as “Old Tales,” include popular stories about Hindu gods and goddesses, kings and queens, and ...

The temples of India are powerhouses of energy. Be it the divine feminine who looks over the world while destroying evil, or ...

KK Gopalakrishnan The deities can be manifestations of gods and goddesses ... a fierce manifestation of Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. She is portrayed drenched in blood, a powerful ...

In India, where there are many Hindus, it is often still the case that mandirs are devoted to only one god or goddess. However, in the UK, many mandirs include lots of different shrines to all the ...

This is why we have many forms of the gods and goddesses to worship.” Pupils could come up with other similar ideas which might help explain Hindu beliefs: If God was a flower, it would be a ...