Taking part in the instructional pooja, or worship to the Hindu god Ganesha, Krishna Annnan, left, helps 5-year-old Haarika Yajamanam as Sonia Plasencia assists her children Nikhil, 3, and Arya, 5, ...

(The Conversation) — The use of AI and robotic technology in worship is raising profound questions about its long-term consequences. Will it lead to the betterment of society or replace practitioners?

(THE CONVERSATION) — Cultures have built elaborate rituals to help humans process the grief of losing someone. Rituals can hold the core beliefs of a culture and provide a sense of control in an ...

When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to - her grandmother.

It isn’t just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism’s holiest rituals—and not all worshippers are ...

Veteran actress Zarine Khan passed away on November 7 at the age of 81 due to age-related ailments. Her cremation with Hindu ...

Zarine Khan passed away at 81 due  age-related ailments. Her son Zayed performed final rites according to Hindu traditions, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's top Islamic body banned Muslims from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals such as chanting, the chairman of the group said Monday, citing concerns it would ...

When newly married Shivani Lad, 25, sent out her wedding invitations two months ago, the first invitation went to the Hindu god Shrinathji. The ornately decorated gray-blue invitation was embossed in ...

Both the High Court and family court did not deliberate on whether the Lambada community as a whole had become “Hinduised”, ...

The last rites of Zarine Khan, who passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest, was performed in Mumbai as per Hindu customs ...