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A Hindu Bar Mitzvah?
How does a Hindu boy come of age? A special "Sacred Thread Ceremony" and the learning of the Gayatri Mantra ushers in manhood, writes Visi Tilak.
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>Video: See the Gayatri Mantra Chanted


Hindu Wisdom


Between husband and wife there should be no secrets from one another. ... I hold that husband and wife merge in each other. They are one in two or two in one.
– Mahatma Gandhi, 1940
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Uma Mysorekar
The president of the Hindu Temple Society of North America explains the essence of her faith: Dharma.
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Hindu Deities
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Confronting Death
"How would you respond if you were diagnosed with brain cancer and told that you had six to nine months to live? This is not a hypothetical question for me. How does Hinduism help you to prepare for death or to fight an illness?"
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