religious matters
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On plea against RSS members, Kerala HC bans arms training in Thiruvananthapuram temple
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Madhya Pradesh: Police serve notices to church office-bearers, withdraw them after objections
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Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna
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Citizens can propagate their religion, says Bombay HC as it quashes order against Christian couple
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Uttar Pradesh: Notice sent to officials of Christian institute in alleged religious conversion case
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Remove derogatory remarks on minority religions, SC tells petitioner against forced conversions
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How the West discovered the Buddha through literature
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How medieval Jain pilgrimage maps afforded the faithful a darshan without any travel
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Bhagavad Gita is not a religious book like the Bible and Quran, says Karnataka education minister
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Sikh employees can carry kirpans of specific length within airports, says Centre’s amended rule
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Karnataka: Students wearing hijabs sent to separate classrooms as college allows entry
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Video: Another Karnataka college bars students wearing hijabs from attending classes
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Why a Karnataka college’s hijab ban is an assault on the fundamental right to religion
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The ban on kirpan in New South Wales is inconsistent with Australia’s commitment to multiculturalism
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How to destroy enemies and walk on water, according to old Indian magic texts
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UP: Muslim police officer in Baghpat suspended for growing a beard allegedly without permission
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UP: Mathura court admits plea seeking removal of mosque situated near Krishna temple
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In the midst of profound grief, Hindu rituals taught me to let go
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Plea seeking removal of mosque adjacent to Krishna’s birthplace dismissed
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Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan apologise to Catholic Church for allegedly hurting religious sentiments
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Third FIR against Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan, Bharti Singh for allegedly hurting religious sentiment
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Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan, Bharti Singh booked for allegedly hurting religious sentiments on show
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Why ending the secrecy of confession is so controversial for the Catholic Church
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In secular Sweden, the dead are being buried without any ceremony and rituals
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Why some Muslims are calling for a boycott of the hajj
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‘Greatest place on Earth’: Why online reviews of holy sites may not be reliable
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Ban madrasas because they promote ISIS ideology, Shia Waqf Board chief urges Narendra Modi
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In Gujarat, garba is as much a part of Christmas celebrations as it is of Navratri
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‘You’re my queen for ever and ever’: My search for goddess Dakini in Nepal in the age of #MeToo
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Mattancherry’s Paradesi Jews came together to mark the 450th anniversary of their beloved synagogue
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‘I take painkillers after each trip’: The health travails of Sabarimala’s dolly bearers
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Centre clears Kartarpur corridor project to give Sikh pilgrims easy passage to gurdwara in Pakistan
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Hindutva organisations are using an incantation to Ayyappa as a political slogan at Sabarimala
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Twist in Sabarimala tale: Kerala’s Mala Araya Adivasi tribe claims ownership of the hill shrine
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Orthodox Church is seeing the biggest split in 1,000 years and Ukraine has something to do with it
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In Sabarimala violence, a flashback to the RSS 1982 agitation to stop a church from being built
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How did Jainism spread in South India? A small town in Tamil Nadu holds the answer
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‘Is there any woman on this bus?’ As Sabarimala opens to all women, mobs guard its gates
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‘It is an upper-caste protest’: Ezhava outfit in Kerala denounces RSS plans for Sabarimala stir
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Women priests at this Kerala ashram hope Sabarimala verdict will bust the myth of menstrual impurity
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West Bengal: Trinamool Congress asks Muslims not to display weapons during Muharram processions
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‘We’re going back to the essence of Islam’: The rise of women’s mosques in US and Europe
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What Pope Francis’ choice of a Goan-origin Karachi cardinal means for Christians of Pakistan
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Pass that chillum: Why is pot-smoking so common at Sufi shrines and why is it frowned upon?
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Uttar Pradesh CM orders closure of tanneries in Kanpur from December to March before Ardh Kumbh Mela
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Sufism doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it does
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Haryana namaaz row: Waqf Board asks Gurugram officials to remove encroachments near mosques
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What MM Kalburgi’s writings on the origin of the Lingayats tell us about their demands
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Disabled people barred from Haj pilgrimage because they ‘take up begging’, Centre tells Delhi HC
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Seder in the city: How Passover is observed by the Jewish community in Mumbai
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Home ministry says granting Lingayats minority tag will ‘deprive’ them of SC status: Indian Express
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Locals protest as non-Agra Muslims are barred from offering Friday prayers at Taj Mahal complex
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Centre reduces airfare for Haj pilgrims a month after withdrawing subsidy for them
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Case registered against viral song ‘Manikya Malarayi Poovi’ for allegedly hurting Muslim sentiments
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Terror groups in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan run Muslim personal law board, claims Shia Waqf Board chief
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Opposition parties call Centre’s decision to withdraw Haj subsidy arbitrary and selective
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Centre withdraws Haj subsidy, will use funds for Muslim girls’ education
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Video: Why the Haj subsidy has been a subject of controversy even among Muslims
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Disability rights activists write to Centre against Haj guidelines, call them discriminatory
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The 225th anniversary of a Pune church is a reminder of a forgotten Portugese-Peshwa connection
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Appointment of Dalit priests in Kerala temples gives hope to their counterparts in Tamil Nadu
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Temples must ensure same distance from idol for both paid and free darshan, rules Madras High Court
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‘For Brahmins only’: Ezhava priest accuses Kerala temple board of caste discrimination in Sabarimala
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India lodges diplomatic protest with Australia over advertisement that shows Ganesha eating meat
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Muslim personal law board to review Supreme Court’s triple talaq judgment
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‘Originally a Shiva temple’: BJP leader wants Hindus to ‘reclaim’ Kerala’s St Andrew’s Basilica
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Does being religious or spiritual make you more ethical at work?
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‘Punish us if you want’: Islamic body says triple talaq will continue to remain valid in India
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The many versions of Shabari: From Nandalal Bose’s paintings to Hindutva propaganda
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Vow of poverty: An age-old tradition practiced by priests and nuns has been upended in Kerala
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Will China’s spiritual revival benefit the environment?
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Priests vs chief priest: Pandas oppose Adityanath’s proposal to constitute shrine board in Mathura
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A Bengali almanac that’s survived 150 years of history is now counting its last days
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In Pakistan, women are driving the demand for Islamic content in relatable, meme-sized bites
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Celibacy was not always mandatory for priests. When and why did that change?
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Atheists too have a right to live in this world, say kin of murdered Coimbatore man
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How the Virgin Mary brings together faiths in Pakistan and India
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A Kerala bishop wants Catholics to get married early. Another wants them to shun birth control
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Saudi Arabia increases India's annual Haj quota by 34,500
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‘Mockery of religious beliefs’: Shiv Sena forces IIT-B to remove Hanuman painting
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Roman Catholic Church unlikely to alter ban on women's priesthood, says Pope Francis
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Stories about Lord Jagannath flutter out like bands of butterflies during the monsoon rath yatra
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Rivers of blood run down Dhaka's streets as heavy downpour coincides with Bakr-Eid
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Triple talaq: Supreme Court gives Centre four weeks to reply to pleas challenging the Islamic rule
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Watch: The exact moment Mother Teresa was canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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Watch: Mother Teresa in her own words, and of those who loved (and hated) her
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Supreme Court cannot 'rewrite personal laws' or decide on validity of triple talaq: Muslim board
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In Kerala, parents struggle to shake children from the influence of ultra-conservative Islam
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Muslim clerics in India unite against superstar televangelist Zakir Naik
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Meet Captain Simratpal Singh, the Sikh US soldier who won a lawsuit for the right to wear a turban
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Watch: Fact-checking Zakir Naik and discovering 25 mistakes in a five-minute talk
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Swaminarayan idol made to wear RSS outfit at Surat temple, both Congress and BJP disapprove
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China bars government employees, minors in Muslim-majority Xinjiang from fasting during Ramadan
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Muslim soldier dismissed from Indian Army after refusing to shave beard
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Ayodhya dispute: Hindu, Muslim leaders meet to resolve Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi issue
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Monks claim that Modi’s Buddhist messenger is actually out to defame Buddhism
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A clash at Simhastha Kumbh offers glimpse of role played by money power in the ranks of Naga sadhus
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Nearly 10 million Sikhs have lost their religion because of this organisation
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Has Trupti Desai undermined a bid by Muslims to secure access for women into the Haji Ali dargah?
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Triple talaq debate: Why women across faiths must unite to reform personal laws