MADRAS, India — Kesavan’s father and grandfather were caretakers who sold candles and performed basic rituals at their local makeshift temple attended by fellow Dalits, or members of the so-called ...

CHENNAI, India — Kesavan’s father and grandfather were caretakers who sold candles and performed basic rituals at their local makeshift temple attended by fellow Dalits, or members of the so-called ...

At the birth of Man Singh, a son of the proud Thakore clan in India’s northern Agra district, a Brahman priest predicted that he would one day grow up to “become ...

When priests append caste names to their titles, the Gospel does not just fail — it becomes its own contradiction ...

Patna: The controversy arising from the alleged assault and misbehaviour with a non-Brahmin kathavachak in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh has spilled over to a Bihar’s village. Residents of Tikulia ...

Sri Seshaji Maharaj, a Brahman priest from northwest India, has worked out a new way to be happy in marriage. His formula: husband worship. Last week, only three days after India’s Parliament granted ...

The devout are seated cross-legged with folded hands, eyes closed, repeating the mantras and verses recited by the priest, who sits behind the haze and smoke of a fire ritual. As the prolonged ...

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