(The Conversation) — The use of AI and robotic technology in worship is raising profound questions about its long-term consequences. Will it lead to the betterment of society or replace practitioners?

When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to - her grandmother.

Cultures have built elaborate rituals to help humans process the grief of losing someone. Rituals can hold the core beliefs of a culture and provide a sense of control in an otherwise helpless ...

(RNS) — Religious rituals are sensory encounters. The smell of candles, incense, the taste of wine at Communion or prasad, the blessed food at Hindu worship practices: Each is aimed at involving the ...

Government intervention has prevented some Hindu activists from holding a ritual honoring Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, inside a Catholic-run school in Tripura state in India’s north-east ...

According to the Hindu lunar calendar, the Hindu New Year, also called Hindu Nav Varsha, signifies the start of the new year. It begins today, March 19, 2026, pratipata tithi of shukla paksha in the ...

It isn't just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism's holiest rituals – and not all worshippers are ...

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