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The mayoral hopeful supports a number of progressive causes, including LGBTQ rights and the legalization of marijuana.
Ajay Gallewalle grew up loving baseball in a small town in India, where most of his friends and neighbors loved cricket. So, when he finally got the chance to play, his reputation was on the line.
Not all Hindus are comfortable with Gabbard’s Hinduism, however, with some smearing the tradition as a “cult.” Gabbard was raised in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition — a sect, or ...
Don’t treat Hindu converts as second-class citizens in the kingdom of God because they did not grow up in Christian families. ... have a Hindu background.
Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional ...
Hanuman has the face of a monkey and the body of a man, a golden crown, and a long tail that follows his every move. The Hindu god is often depicted with his chest ripped open to reveal an image ...
Associated Press. MUMBAI, India (AP) — Rafiq Maqbool has been with The Associated Press for more than 20 years, covering conflict, politics, fashion shows, sports and everyday life.
Indian-origin rapper Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, also known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, recently stirred controversy after ...
Many maintain that Jesus’ incarnation significantly differs from the Hindu concept of an avatar. Diwali, for instance, commemorates the victory and return from exile of King Rama, the god Vishnu ...
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the Chhath festival this week.
Conservatives are raging over the arrival of a 90-foot tall statue of Hanuman, a Hindu deity that is half-human and half-monkey, in Texas. The massive statue was raised on August 15 at Sugar Land ...
The Sugar Land Hindu community is celebrating a local temple’s towering new 90-foot-tall statue of Hanuman, the god of wisdom, strength, courage and devotion. But the massive new monument has ...