Hindu Gods

Mythology for the Millennial: The rise and fall of Sarama, dog of the gods, or why you should feed your neighbourhood stray

Sarama rose to fame when a gang of robbers called the Panis, stole Indra's cow herd, and she helped him get them back.

Mythology for the Millennial: Anasuya's story deserves to be told, not forgotten in the margins of myths

Anasuya is one of the Chaste Women of Hindu mythology — so pious, she became kind of magical in her own right.

Mythology for the Millennial: From Shurpanakha to Mahishi, angry women make for better stories

It's really all because of Shurpanakha that the Ramayana even became an interesting story, if you think about it

Mythology for the Millennial: Soma, the moon god, and why you should raise a glass to him next time you're drinking

Soma was Hinduism's Bacchus, our Amy Winehouse: they tried to make him go to rehab, he said no, no, no and eventually was shunted out of his duties as the god of all intoxicants, to become the god of the moon instead — a gig no one else wanted.

Mythology for the Millennial: Humanity's flaws make sense, when you consider Brahma was its creator

Brahma created Death, who was so unhappy with her job description, she wept and begged, and stood in water for thousands of years and top of one toe on top of a mountain for millions, but he would not budge. That's Brahma: getting other people to do his dirty work since time began.

Idols and pictures of Hindu gods desecrated, set ablaze in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia; four arrested

Police have registered an FIR in connection with the incident against three named and 20 to 25 unnamed persons on a complaint lodged by the district secretary of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, Avinash Soni, he said, adding that four people have been arrested.

Uttar Pradesh: 2 Bheem Sena activists arrested for insulting Hindu gods in Muzaffarnagar village

Two activists of the Bheem Sena, a Dalit outfit, have been arrested for allegedly insulting Hindu gods in a village, police said on Thursday.

Parliament Monsoon Session: SP's Naresh Agarwal links names of Hindu gods with alcohol, sparks row

In controversial remarks that were later expunged, Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal on Wednesday linked the names of Hindu gods with alcohol, sparking protest by the BJP in the Rajya Sabha.

Karnataka writer Yogesh Master's face smeared with black oil for writing against Hindu gods

A "progressive" writer's face was smeared with black ink, allegedly by right-wing activists who also warned him of "dire" consequences if he dares write against Hindu gods.

Ramdev wants social boycott of Aamir Khan's film, but here's why he is like alien PK

Baba Ramdev - India's one-stop doctor for pimples to low tolerance for Delhi autowallahs - has taken deep, very deep offence to Aamir Khan's PK.