It isn’t just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism’s holiest rituals—and not all worshippers are ...

Hinduism, one of the oldest spiritual traditions, is filled with rich rituals and practices passed down through generations. For centuries, these rituals were seen as purely religious, but today, ...

Against all the advice I’d been given to not make life more difficult, I set about painting and printing fan-programmes detailing the Hindu ceremony, Anjli Mohindra recalls, her voice filled with ...

(The Conversation) — The use of AI and robotic technology in worship is raising profound questions about its long-term consequences. Will it lead to the betterment of society or replace practitioners?

Taking part in the instructional pooja, or worship to the Hindu god Ganesha, Krishna Annnan, left, helps 5-year-old Haarika Yajamanam as Sonia Plasencia assists her children Nikhil, 3, and Arya, 5, ...

When newly married Shivani Lad, 25, sent out her wedding invitations two months ago, the first invitation went to the Hindu god Shrinathji. The ornately decorated gray-blue invitation was embossed in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — Cultures have built elaborate rituals to help humans process the grief of losing someone. Rituals can hold the core beliefs of a culture and provide a sense of control in an ...

Manisha Shete, left, a practicing Hindu priest, performs posthumous rituals for her client's mother at a residence in Pune, India, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Shete, who first began to officiate at ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's top Islamic body banned Muslims from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals such as chanting, the chairman of the group said Monday, citing concerns it would ...