People often think that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion. They ask me, “Why do you have so many gods?” Hindus worship one Supreme Being called Brahman though by different names.

As a scholar of South Asian religions, I know that stories found in the “Puranas,” religious texts likely composed between the second and 10th centuries, describe why gods and goddesses favor ...

Suhag Shukla knows that’s how some people outside Hinduism see her religion. As the co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, ... Myth No. 1: There are 330 million Hindu gods ...

When he had successively materialized the Hindu gods, Ramakrishna turned to other religions. In 1874 he tried Christianity. “Breaking through the barriers of creed and religion, he entered a new ...

Rama Temple, one of two temples housed at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Lemont, promotes a tradition known as sangeetopachara, or making a musical offering to the gods.

In January, a book about the Hindu king Shivaji by Macalester College religious studies professor James W. Laine provoked violent outbursts: One of Laine's collaborators in India was assaulted ...

These and many other fun facts can be found in Sanjay Patel's "The Little Book of Hindu Deities" (144 pages, Plume, October 2006). The book is a collection of humorous but reverent biographical ...