Marks the start of Diwali and will be celebrated on October 17. Devotees worship cows and calves, honoring their nurturing ...

In Hinduism, Cows are regarded as sacred creatures and are symbolic of the nurturing qualities of the earth and tenderness. The virtues of compassion, non-violence, and a healthy relationship with ...

The basics of Hindu cosmology and mythology. (This is the third of a series. See earlier ones here and here.) Christians and Jews tend to ask lots of questions about how life began. Hindus tend not to ...

I had never heard of a sacred cow until I went to work on a newspaper. I had never seen one until I went to India where they were all over the place. With these meager credentials, I consider myself ...

More than half the arrests this year under a tough national security law in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh have involved suspects in cases of cow slaughter, data showed.

Cow dung is far more than just waste in rural India. For centuries, it has been woven into daily life, playing a crucial role ...