He is the god of rain and thunderstorms as depicted in this illustration of him. Harihara is the name of a combined deity form of both Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) from the Hindu tradition.

A court in India ruled last week that Hindu deities can't act as traders in the country's stock market, the Hindustan Times reports. "Let gods remain in the temples, let them not come out for ...

South Asian Christians use connections between the Diwali festival and Christmas to point their communities to Christ. In New Delhi’s Chittaranjan Park, Mary David adjusts the traditional ...

Hiranyakashipu was one of the most powerful Asuras in Hindu mythology. He was granted a boon by Lord Brahma that made him nearly invincible—he could not be killed by a human, god, or animal ...

In The Little Book of Hindu Deities, he unpacks the mythic universe of ancient South Asia with bold, vibrant illustrations. A computer program massages his sketches into clean, geometric figures.

"Blue-Skinned Gods" brings us into the world of Kalki, who was born with blue skin and black blood and a claim to be the incarnation of Vishnu, the Hindu god. Ayya, Kalki's father, builds an ...

In the age of Netflix and reels, where stories vanish as fast as they appear, Hindu mythology stands like an ancient banyan ...

Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged Hi-Rez to remove the Hindu gods Agni, Kali, and Vamana, because he felt that their depiction in the game was disrespectful to their ...

SAN ANTONIO — An artist is highlighting multiple Hindu gods and goddesses in the latest exhibition at the San Antonio Museum of Art. The SAMA has unveiled "Envisioning the Hindu Divine ...

These Mandala kingdoms rose typically in river valleys lined with mountains: the Irrawaddy river basin of Burma, the Chao ...

“She welcomes everybody.” Palermo’s Hindu Tamils, most of whom are originally from Sri Lanka, have added the Catholic saint to their colorful pantheon of gods. Many are attracted to her ...