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 ...

NEW DELHI—India's Hindu gods and goddesses are getting a superhero makeover. In new comics, paintings and popular books, depictions of Vishnu, Rama and other greats in the Hindu pantheon are being ...

Why would Sydney's biggest art gallery design a show about Vishnu, the blue-skinned Hindu god of order and cosmic balance? In the words of the show's co-curator: to shake us out of our complacency.

Imagine a god who appears to you as a mischievous child—you dance together in meadows, play with him, and gift him fruits and flowers. This may give you an idea of how the Hindu Pushtimarg community ...

There was a community of landless labourers in Gujarat. Some were also cattle herders, some sold forest produce. They were also extremely talented artists, but were denied entry into temples.