(RNS) — New Yorkers expecting to see Knicks celebrations and visitors in town for the World Cup were surprised Saturday (June 13) to encounter a series of colorful chariots adorned with jewel-toned ...

Born and raised in Byculla, Bombay, daughter of a cop who used to be responsible for Mahatma Gandhi's security bandobast, and adopted for life by Calcutta, Usha Uthup is the voice and spirit of the ...

SPANISH FORK - Gyani Dasa closed his eyes and touched his newly-shaved head to the frigid marble floor of the upper temple room. The dawning sunrays bathed him in gold as he rose to greet the statue ...

While the pattern differed during the first decades of the movement's history, during recent years the majority of ISKCON's members are congregation members, meaning that they live as parts of ...

It began with a chant. In a small house off Rouse Road, in the center of the shrine room's wood-paneled floor, a bald man in saffron robes shifted from foot to foot, singing the words of his faith: ...

SEATTLE -- Hare Krishnas are back. Naresh Bhatt beams as he gives a tour of a new temple in Sammamish, Wash. Inside, as the service begins, Bhatt joins his wife, two daughters and many others -- most ...

Dr. Hansa Medley wakes up at 3:30 a.m. once a week and walks to the Hare Krishna Temple just around the corner from her small bungalow in northwest Houston. There she joins her mother, sister and ...