(RNS) — As of Thursday (May 8), the Chicago Board of Education and New York’s David Lynch Foundation have agreed to settle a three-yearlong class-action lawsuit that alleged public high school ...

The South Windsor chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh recently conducted a Guru Vandana, or teacher appreciation event, program in South Windsor to honor local teachers. The Hindu tradition, it was ...

Students recently hosted a traditional “Guru Vandana,” or “respect for the teacher” ceremony in Katy that honored educators representing four Houston-area school districts. Faith-based nonprofit Hindu ...

In the run-up to this weekend’s release of “The Love Guru,” self-described Hindu leader Rajan Zed began blasting e-mail releases to media outlets (including The Associated Press) from his Nevada home, ...

Iowa State University’s Hindu YUVA organization honored professors through a Guru Vandana event Sunday. In Indian culture, it ...

A Hindu guru dogged by controversy is relocating his temple to Dayton, Ohio, even as he wages legal battles in Georgia. Annamalai Annamalai, also known as Dr. Commander Selvam, moved his operations in ...

(RNS) —For Ramesh Rao, a longtime communications professor, the definition of guru — “the remover of darkness” — has been an inspiration for his work. “That’s what all teachers, I suppose, hope to do ...

The Religion News Foundation (RNF) is pleased to announce a $160,000 two-year grant from the Guru Krupa Foundation (GKF) to bolster Religion News Service’s (RNS) deep and nuanced reporting on Hinduism ...

PUTTAPARTI, India -- Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, revered by millions worldwide, died Sunday after nearly a month of hospital treatment near his southern Indian ashram. He was 84. The news brought an ...

Throughout the hundreds of religious texts in the Hindu religion, the story of Devi Mahatmya is one of the most important, describing Mother as creator, destroyer and protector of the universe.

A leading Hindu spiritual guru has recommended that all non-Muslims should identify as Hindus in India. The Shankaracharya of Puri in eastern state Odisha claims such a move would make Hindus the ...