Past the outskirts of Kochi, a teeming south Indian city of 2.1 million, it’s possible to walk a few short minutes and enter another world. Under a leafy green canopy a 90-minute drive from the city’s ...

Sacred experiences: From divine possession during night vigils to mass rituals like the Kumbh Mela, India’s worship traditions are steeped in mystery and devotion. Pilgrimage power: Destinations like ...

'Sacred Games,' Netflix's first Indian original series, has been accused in a legal case of "harming the reputation" of India's late former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and for including "inappropriate ...

Why India's chess prodigies carry an ancient ritual into the world's most cerebral arena, and what it's doing to their game.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur ...

The ancient Indian gemstones linked to Buddha that were pulled out from a Sotheby’s sale earlier this year have found their way home after 127 years. India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ...

Photos depict the work of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart at the Ashankur Rural Women's Center in Bhokar, a village in Ahmednagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The center teachers the ...

From north to south, east to west, all over India, rivers are worshipped-not just as a natural lifeline but as spiritual forces, really, which sustain civilization and faith. These sacred rivers ...