The phrase “33 Hindu gods” is often surrounded by confusion. Many people have heard that Hinduism speaks of 33 crore gods, ...

With the body of a man and the face of a monkey, Hanuman’s epic feats have been recounted for centuries—and his legend lives on in a new film from Dev Patel. A mural in a Thai temple shows Hanuman ...

If you have ever stood before a Hindu deity in a temple or seen one in art, the first thing that may strike you is the number of arms. Four. Eight. Ten. Sometimes even more. To the untrained eye, this ...