NEW DELHI -- Dressed in a coarse white cotton sari, her hair shorn and a small square of white cloth covering her mouth, Sadika Sansiddhi looks nothing like other 17-year-olds. Two years ago, she left ...

BELTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) — The new temple, say Jain leaders, will dually serve the community's growing needs while also sharing what the Jain religion is all about with the larger DC community.

A biennial convention featuring the largest gathering of the Jain religious community outside of India will bring more than 5,000 attendees to Schaumburg over Independence Day weekend for the event’s ...

(RNS) — Dr. Jasvant Modi has had a front-row seat to the growth of the Indian community in the United States since he immigrated in 1975. When he arrived, “there wasn’t a place where we could get ...

In May, the Department of Religion received $1 million to establish a program to further research of Jainism. The gift comes from a group of Jain donors throughout Illinois and the United States who ...

MONROEVILLE, Pa. — A Landmark of Religious Unity Celebrates 40 Years: Anniversary and Re-inauguration of the Hindu-Jain Temple The Hindu-Jain Temple of Monroeville, Pittsburgh, today celebrated its ...

A Jain petitioner has appealed to the Madhya Pradesh High Court for the right to worship at the Bhojshala complex, asserting ...

Jain petitioner urges MP High Court to allow worship at Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex, challenging 2003 ASI access order and citing recovered Jain idols.

ISLAMABAD, (IANS) – Sindh Tourism Minister Zulfiqar Ali Shah on June 6 proposed the development of a Kartarpur-like religious corridor from contiguous areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan to Umarkot and ...