Feature Stories
The Homecoming of Nepal’s Gods
Decades of looting turned living Deities into costly global commodities, but the era of quiet disappearance is giving wa…
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Feature Stories
Lord Murugan Moves Out West
America’s newest Murugan temple graces California’s Concord hills By Reena Rathore, California Muruganukku arogara!” the…
Hindu Festivals
Maha Kumbh Mela Prayag 2025
This year marked the greatest gathering of human beings in history—660 million congregating at the confluence of the Gan…
Temples & Pilgrimage
How Women Experience the Mela
The sacred bath in Ganga’s lap, they say, connects them and their families to ancestors and descendants in a timeless [&…
Spiritual Life
Join in Nallur Temple’s Awesome Annual Festival
Every year in the fall, tens of thousands of Hindus and others come to participate in all or part of […]
Temples & Pilgrimage
200 Deities Pilgrimage to Mandi for Mahasivaratri
Join our reporter for the little-known, week-long celebration of Mahasivaratri in the Himalayan foothills, attended by …
Spiritual Life
Ram Janmabhoomi
Let the Pilgrimages Begin! In the sacred land where flows the Sarayu River, Ram Lala has made His divine return [&…
Youth
Chinmaya Mission West Invests in its Youth
Over a period of 30 weeks each year, tens of thousands of children in North America, from kindergarten through grade [&h…
Temples & Pilgrimage
New Temple Signals a Peaceful Turn for Kashmir
Decades after the violent expulsion of the Kashmir Pandits from the Kashmir Valley, peace has largely been restored and …
History
The Hallowed Halls of Hampi
The austere, grand site of Hampi in Karnataka, India, was the prosperous capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. For over 20…
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Sacred Rudrakshas
Growing & Marketing By Nikki Thapa, Nepal A mere thirty-three miles from Mount Everest in the world’s deepest valley…
The Arts
Folk Art Thrives with Generous Patronage
Since 2004, the International Folk Art Market in New Mexico, USA, has hosted more than 1,000 creators from 100 countries…
Temples & Pilgrimage
The Holy Ganga, from Varanasi to the Sea
For the millions of devout Hindus living close to Ganga, every day is full of blessings from the sacred river. [……
The Arts
Nepal’s Thangka Art
An Ancient Art Form Forging its Future Photos and Text by Anne Petry Nepali thangka paintings have vivid colors with [&h…
Feature Stories
The Restoration of Patan Durbar Square
By Claire Burkert, Nepal Following the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015, the Kathmandu Valley…
Hindu Festivals
Nepal’s Grand Mela to Lord Vishnu
Join us for a month-long celebration of sadhana in Nepalís Kathmandu Valley By Nikki Thapa & Rajeev Gurung, Nepal&nb…
Feature Stories
The Wondrous Wood Temples of Tons Valley
Trek the highlands to the sacred masterpieces along the Tons River as it flows down from the Himalayas to join [……
Temples & Pilgrimage
Unusual Temples & Shrines of India
A Special Feature BY ANURADHA GOYAL Every hindu temple is a home of its deities, where they live just like […]
Feature Stories
Along the Lesser-Known Ganga Below Haridwar
Join photographer and writer Dev Raj Agarwal on assignment as he travels down the Ganga River from Haridwar to Varanasi,…
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Nepal Youth Speak Out
Meet a generation balancing the nation’s religious and cultural heritage with the impact of modern philosophies and issu…
The Arts
Special Feature: Muralists of Kerala
Meet the Contemporary Masters of an Amazing Temple Craft From the depictions of the Supreme in the forms of Brahma, [&he…
Feature Stories
Special Feature: Life Under Lockdown, New York to New Delhi
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought disruption unprecedented in recent history to most of the world, including a billion H…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Feature: Nepal’s Revered Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath, by far Nepal’s most popular temple, dates back to at least the 1st century ce and has been expanded [&hel…
Magazine
Special Feature: 72 Years After Partition
Ongoing threats to life and property in Pakistan, compounded by the abduction, conversion and forced marriage of girls, …
Temples & Pilgrimage
In My Opinion: Improving the Kumbh
In My Opinion: Improving the Kumbh BY PURNENDU SINGH There were times during this Kumbh I went without sleep for [&helli…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Char Dham: The Holy Himalayan Pilgrimage to Four Temples is Both Grueling and Grace-Giving
PHOTOGRAPHED AND REPORTED BY DEVRAJ AGARWAL, DEHRADUN THE CHAR DHAM PILGRIMAGE of India’s Uttar…
Feature Stories
Assam: Land of Devotion – Part 2
Assam continues to amaze in this second part of our report as we explore the religious centers, called satras, founded […
Feature Stories
Assam: Land of Devotion – Part 1
Meeting the many peoples of Assam Assam, India’s Northeast state embracing the immense Brahmaputra River valley, is a la…
Temples & Pilgrimage
The Holy Sites of Mathura
Follow our journalist and photographer to Mathura, where they explore the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple and enjoy the the t…
Feature Stories
Special Feature: The Rise of Shirdi Sai Baba
The great Maharastrian saint whose austere, miracle-filled life changed all who came in contact with him is attracting a…
Feature Stories
Special Feature: Kumbha Mela, Beseeching Mother Ganga’s Blessings
Hinduism Today’s team covered the 2010 Kumbha Mela from two perspectives. Correspondent Choodie Shivaram and photo…
Feature Stories
Special Feature: America, Here We Come
As of September, 2009, 17,000 of an expected 60,000 Bhutanese Hindus have arrived in the United States as refugees. Anot…
Feature Stories
Feature Story: Siva’s Sanctuary in Tropical Hawaii
Untold centuries into the future, travelers will encounter a finely carved granite temple set like a gemstone on a Hawai…
Feature Stories
Feature Article – Parenting With Love
Parenting with Love An Introduction to “Positive Discipline,” with 14 Proven Strategies for Raising Children without Bla…
Hindu Festivals
Kumbha Mela 1998
By M.P. MOHANTY These pilgrims had come from all over India; some of them had been months on the way, […]