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 ...

In India, prayer services were held this week for the more than one thousand people who died in massive flooding and landslides. Close to 100,000 people were rescued, and several thousand more were ...

Last month thousands of devotees made a pilgrimage through blistering plains and jagged terrain to reach the sacred Hinglaj Devi temple in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Pilgrims walked along ...

PAHALGAM, Indian-administered Kashmir — Eleven weeks after militants targeted Hindu tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 26 people and sparking conflict between India and Pakistan, ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed on Sunday in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board, officials said. The helicopter was headed to ...

AYODHYA, India — With priests chanting and blowing conch shells, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration of a controversial Hindu temple in this north Indian town on Monday. The ...

Nowadays, the government has realised that pilgrimage is a great way to boost the local economy. It gets selfie tourists to promote the pilgrim site on social media, generating FOMO (fear of missing ...