GUDUTA, IndiaGUDUTA, India — The ritual began with a thunderous roll of leather drums, its clamor echoing through the entire village. Women dressed in colorful saris broke into an Indigenous folk ...

(RNS) — Born in India, I’ve spent most of my life in the United States, including 20 years in academia writing about religion in America. For years, I imagined a “someday” project to write a book ...

India’s population spans Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Jews, and tribal groups. Regional ...

DURING the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, “reading and knowing the Arabic language became a vice, fiqh, tafseer ...

In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure ...

India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced ...

The importance of religion to tourism in India is well known. India is now investing in marketing and tourism infrastructure - think technology, hotels and other amenities – to attract more visitors.

IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more ...