As India's Muslim minority observes the holy month of Ramadan, anti-Muslim posts emerged falsely claiming a video shows a ...

A Hindu holy man looks on during a ritual at Lord Shiva temple in Jhulasan village of Mehsana district of Gujarat state on Shivratri festival, India, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism.

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees have gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals.

A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) 34,854 people played the daily ...

In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the temple of the Hindu god Shiva, holy men and devotees puffed on cannabis smoke, a practice that is normally illegal but is permitted during the Shivaratri ...