(RNS) A new public campaign in India uses powerful images of three Hindu goddesses with bruised faces to raise awareness about violence against women. The ad campaign is titled “Abused Goddesses” and ...

In two recent gallery shows in New York female artists of Indian heritage emphasized the universal appeal and power of female Hindu deities. In India, taking such artistic license can stir controversy ...

Cambridge, MA. When I wrote last, about the value of more rather than fewer religious images in our lives, I cited my essay, “Goddess in the Classroom.” Then it occurred to me that I’ve said little ...

A Toronto-based filmmaker says she has received a deluge of death threats and abuse from Hindu nationalists in India after she depicted the goddess Kali smoking a cigarette. The image, which featured ...

Beyond the nine-night festival of worship of the nine avatars of Goddess Durga, Hindu culture also pays homage to many lesser Goddesses, not as well-known, but who embody energy, feminity and divinity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hindu devotees offer flowers to gods and goddesses as part of worship rituals. Dinodia Photo/Corbis Documentary via Getty images ...

(RNS) — Preity Upala has lived more than a few lives. After a career as an investment banker in Australia, Upala moved to the U.S. to pursue her dream of attending film school, eventually landing ...

(This is the second in a series. Here’s the previous episode.) Hindu worship has so many variants that it seems endlessly confusing to many outside the faith. Scholars attempt to classify, but each ...

Wondering which flowers should be offered to Hindu gods and goddesses? Discover the religious significance of lotus, hibiscus ...

Witness the sea of color that floods western Pakistan every spring to honor the Goddess Sati. Hindu pilgrims climb the steep flanks of a mud volcano to throw coconuts into the crater—a ritual intended ...