Hindus are the world’s fourth-largest religious group, after Christians, Muslims, and the religiously unaffiliated. According to Pew Research Center (Hackett et al., 2025), the number of Hindus ...

As we continue to work through the 12 main world religions, our latest faith feature is on Hinduism. With just over one billion followers globally, Hinduism is the third largest of world religions, ...

The term “avatar” might already be familiar to those who play virtual reality games where avatars are movable images representing real people. Avatar's origins, however, come from the Sanskrit ...

(RNS) — The new movie “Monkey Man,” which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest festival, will appeal to most viewers as a revenge action thriller and, of course, to fans of British ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on ...

The global release of Avatar Fire and Ash has broadened James Cameron’s Pandora universe, reigniting a well-known discussion ...

(RNS) — Vivek Ramaswamy, who got further than any other Hindu in his run for president and is a veteran of Charlie Kirk’s “Prove me wrong” campus colloquies, is no stranger to discussing religious ...

This blog examines the beliefs around animal reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism, the role pets play in these traditions, and how cultural practices both protect and sometimes exploit animals. By ...

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