Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy in "Oppenheimer."Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal The use of a sacred Hindu scripture during the ...

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For generations, many people have believed that only a son can perform the final rites of parents. This belief has been repeated so often that it feels like an unquestionable rule of tradition. But ...

In many Hindu homes, the first prayer of the day is offered to a name that outsiders rarely recognize. It is not always a famous deity worshipped across temples and scriptures. Sometimes, it is a ...