India: Excitement grips Hindus across the country as two-week-old calf is hailed as a religious icon. This is the three-eyed calf that is being hailed as a spiritual icon across India. The baby animal ...

A 6-year-old boy in the Indian state of Punjab is worshiped by villagers as the reincarnation of the Hindu god Ganesha. Pranshu, who is unable to walk properly, was born with an unexplained medical ...

A baby in India has been hailed as a "reincarnation" of a Hindu goddess after being born with four extra limbs. The infant, from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, was born with four arms and four legs in ...

Cambridge, MA. I recently came across a column in the On Faith section of the Washington Post by Loriliai Biernacki. A friend of mine, she is a professor of Indian religions at the University of ...

This blog examines the beliefs around animal reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism, the role pets play in these traditions, and how cultural practices both protect and sometimes exploit animals. By ...

A three-eyed calf is being hailed as a spiritual icon across India. The baby animal has been hailed as a blessing by Hindus after being born with a third eye in the middle of its forehead two weeks ...