in the building’s inner sanctum in a ceremony widely seen as a landmark departure from India’s secular foundations post-independence. Half a million people thronged the temple on the first day ...

For centuries, Hindu pilgrims and devotees have offered prayers at thousands of temples in Ayodhya, a city in northern India believed to be the ancient birthplace of Lord Ram, one of Hinduism’s ...

India's ancient Shiva temples, from Kedarnath to Rameshwaram, align in a nearly perfect straight line on the 79-degree longitudinal mark. This alignment suggests advanced knowledge of geography ...