There are few ideas in Indian spiritual thought that are as widely repeated and yet as deeply misunderstood as the idea of “33 Hindu gods.” Many people grow up hearing that Hinduism speaks of 33 crore ...

With the body of a man and the face of a monkey, Hanuman’s epic feats have been recounted for centuries—and his legend lives on in a new film from Dev Patel. A mural in a Thai temple shows Hanuman ...