It's not ideal, but it's home. Members of an Indian religious sect are seeking to build a worship center on a 19-acre plot off Pension Road in Old Bridge. But efforts to secure permission from the ...

One in five Indian Americans is now Christian. But they remain divided by language, doctrine, and generation. July 3 has long been observed as Saint Thomas Day, commemorating the death of the apostle ...

Gold is more than wealth - it is a symbol of purity, protection, and divine energy. During Diwali, buying gold is not just tradition; it is a way of welcoming Goddess Lakshmi and renewing faith in ...

For many Indians, the high importance of religion is reflected in religious practices centered at home. Roughly eight-in-ten Indian adults (81%) have an altar, shrine or religious symbol in their home ...

A church group in India has launched a campaign to make places of worship more accessible for the country’s physically challenged people. Representatives of the Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain ...

MUMBAI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - (This Sep. 12 story has been corrected to drop the reference to the Hindu temple being built in the last paragraph) An Indian court on Monday agreed to hear a petition by a ...

After the recent controversy over women being barred from entering a Hindu temple in southern India, India is now debating whether Muslim women be allowed to pray inside a mosque. For rights activists ...

Ancient Indian mariners worshipped a Yemeni island and brought it back home as a deity. The island of Socotra, near East Africa, is believed to have manifested as Sikotar Mata, a sea goddess ...