Spirituality/Culture

Thousands of people gathered on the banks of the River Thames in London on Sunday for the first-ever Ganga Aarti, a ceremony of light and thanksgiving organised by Chinmaya Mission UK in collaboration with the annual Totally Thames festival. [...]

The latest Hindu-influenced trend that has become a wellness buzzword is 'Lakshmi-maxxing' which is a social media wellness trend that gets its inspiration from Hindu Goddess Lakshmi, symbolising ideas associated with her — like beauty, abundance, purity and prosperity but applied to modern lifestyles for self-care, personal growth and manifesting abundance. Of course, this has [...]

Thousands of worshippers took part in the annual Bagwal Mela at Maa Barahi Devi Temple in Uttarakhand, India, on August 28, participating in a centuries-old stone-throwing ritual. Divided into four groups, devotees used rocks, sticks and shields to pelt members of opposing teams until their leaders called a halt after about eight minutes. More than [...]

This article arose in response to a reel shared by Laav Patel, raising the question of whether bringing Gaṅgā Ārati to the River Thames is appropriate. He further suggests that the Gaṅgā Ārati should remain confined to India, which misunderstands an important distinction within Hindu thought: Gaṅgā has a uniquely sacred geographical manifestation, but the [...]

A reimagining of masala cinema, Namaslay is a pyroclastic, genre-smashing horror satire that eviscerates the appropriation of Yoga in the West—proving culture is the blood that keeps the dead alive. Critiques how Western spaces strip yoga of its roots, turning a sacred, shared cultural practice into an expensive, commodified lifestyle What happens when the commercialization [...]

Sai Deepak gave an amazing speech at the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Ashram, headquartered in Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, about India- Bharata- which is still stuck in this post-colonial mindset, and it has to reconstruct its political identity rooted in its ancient Hindu framework of thought. He details the present-day government failings, but then he gives amazing solutions [...]

Well, Hindus are supposed to be protectors of Mother Earth, and thanks to their ancient Hindu numerals, which laid the foundation for the advanced technology we use today, for now, the debate goes on among all Hindus if this is right or wrong, but this could eventually be a way forward for most temples to [...]

Luka Majcen, a 35-year-old professional footballer from Slovenia, has captured the hearts of fans across India not just with his skills on the field, but with his profound spiritual connection to the country. Majcen has dedicated a powerful tattoo of Lord Shiva, accompanied by the sacred Mahamrityunjaya mantra, to his back. His journey began after [...]

a festival-selected short film about yoga, cultural appropriation, Hindu identity and what happens when a child is made to feel ashamed of his own culture. Shiv is a 10-year-old boy who does not want to be seen as Indian or Hindu. At school, he keeps his distance from Kali, his twin sister who is proud [...]

Anyone who has seen the classic Vampire Diaries series will recognise the talented Ian Somerhalder, who starred as Damon Salvatore, a chief vampire with a whole history of cruel violence and madness going back over a 100 years from where the story starts. So it’s probably natural he’s now hanging around with a Hindu pagan [...]