(RNS) — Vedic Village isn’t just for Hindus: ‘It's a New Age community. It’s a one-stop solution for all the problems that we ...

Presidential election results in the U.S. triggered contrasting reactions in two small villages in southern India, as the residents of Vadluru—the ancestral home of Vice President-elect JD Vance’s ...

This village won’t let your car enter with plastic bottles. 🚫 In Lachen, Sikkim, protecting Gurudongmar Lake isn’t a slogan, ...

India and China are in a race to populate their long border in the Himalayas. The race began after China built hundreds of villages along the disputed border with India and paid people to move there.

LONGWA, India (AP) — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief. But ...

THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for ...

With chants of “Long live Kamala Harris,” fireworks and prayers, residents of a tiny Indian village celebrated her inauguration as U.S. vice president. People flocked to the village and its Hindu ...

GANGTOK, India — Nearly four years ago, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament she had big plans for India's border villages. "Border villages with sparse population, limited ...

Not long ago, it carried a very different identity. Tucked away near the Indo-Tibetan border, this remote Himalayan settlement was popularly referred to as India’s Last Village. Today, it has ...

UNDER the British, India was a hodgepodge of almost six hundred states embracing about thirtyimportant tribes and numerous smaller language groups. When, after independence, the central government ...