South Africa’s Johannesburg is now home to the largest Hindu cultural complex in the Southern Hemisphere. At the BAPS ...
a lifelong member and board trustee for the temple, referring to the ancient texts that act as Hindu manuals for worship. Even before setting foot inside the 6000-square-foot temple, the ornate ...
Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...
The occasion was marked by the presence of scores of worshippers, who participated in the consecration ceremony. BAPS has ...
Although less than 2% of South Africans identify as Hindu, it is the most followed religion among the country's Indian ...
Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as if it were uprooted straight from India and transplanted to South ...
The stampede was triggered after several Hindu pilgrims inside the temple fell on a slippery floor and were crushed by other pilgrims. Angered over the deaths, some pilgrims started a fire that ...