AYODHYA, India (RNS) — Once a quaint town, this 2,500-year-old city will soon complete a transformation into a global pilgrimage site that will outstrip its renown as a center of Hindu nationalist ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is close to fulfilling a decade-old election promise months out from nationwide polls with the announcement that a controversial new Hindu temple will open on ...

With the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir set to take place on January 22, much has been made about who will be attending the ceremony and who will not. The responsibility for handing out the ...

A political showdown is developing in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, with Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir announcing plans to lay the foundation for a Babri Masjid replica and the local BJP ...

Representatives of tribal and forest-dwelling communities from Sonbhadra were invited as special guests for the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Ram temple. The officials, while addressing the flag ...

People buy flags of Hindu Lord Ram from a local shop in Mumbai, India, Jan. 16, 2024, ahead of the opening of the grand temple for the Lord Ram, one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, in Ayodhya on ...

Artist Jagjot Singh Rubal puts final touches on an oil painting depicting Hindu God Rama and Ayodhya's Lord Ram temple in his workshop in Amritsar on January 18, 2024. A decades-long flashpoint in ...

Saffron flags are flying in the majority Hindu town of Ayodhya as excited locals prepare to host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the inauguration of a new multimillion-dollar temple. But like ...

Dhurandhar 2 Nears Baahubali 2 Record, Just ₹33 Crore Away After Strong Day 39 Box Office Run Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge continues its strong box office run even on day 39, collecting ₹3.40 crore and ...

(RNS) — This week, Hindus around the world and Indians of all faiths are marking the opening of the Ram Mandir, a temple planned and built over decades in Ayodhya, the northern Indian city believed to ...

The Bombay High Court of India in a special hearing on Sunday dismissed a public interest litigation, which is a petition filed for public good, filed by four law students from Maharashtra and Gujarat ...

Who Is Dhurandhar 2’s Real Star? Mukesh Chhabra Reveals the Casting That Stole the Film Amid the massive success of Dhurandhar 2, casting director Mukesh Chhabra has sparked fresh debate by revealing ...