In Varun Chopra’s Oscar-contending documentary short Holy Cowboys, the director offers a peek into a side of India’s societal structure on how the cow, a sacred and holy animal to the majority Hindu ...

The basics of Hindu cosmology and mythology. (This is the third of a series. See earlier ones here and here.) Christians and Jews tend to ask lots of questions about how life began. Hindus tend not to ...

In India, cows are sacred. They roam unharmed through the streets as crowds of people and clusters of traffic ebb and flow around them. The Hindu religion regards cows and bulls as holy because they ...

Discover the concept of sacred cows—deeply held beliefs or practices immune to criticism. Learn how they function and explore examples in finance and beyond.

Dung from India's cows, sacred to many in the Hindu-majority country, is being used to power a movement towards biogas fuel - Copyright AFP Punit PARANJPE Dung from ...

The sacred Punganur cow, revered for centuries in the Tirupati temple region and treasured for its exceptionally rich milk, has taken a decisive step away from extinction.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Hindu group hosted a cow urine drinking party on Saturday as they believe it wards off the coronavirus, as many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine ...

NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A Hindu mob killed a Muslim man in India over rumours that he butchered a cow, unleashing violence that police on Wednesday blamed on tension fuelled by politicians who ...

Venerated as incarnations of Hindu deities, India's sacred cows are also being touted as agents of energy transition by a government determined to promote biogas production to cut its dependence on ...