Devotional hymns of Shaiva saints Appar, Sambandhar and Sundarar of the medieval age, are the Thevarams sung in a combined stream of song and music. These are acknowledged as one of the more ...

An international competition launching next month will invite Mandarin Chinese-speaking Catholics throughout the world to compose devotional religious hymns for use in ministry. "Music is an ...

The Hanuman Chalisa, a revered devotional hymn dedicated to Lord Hanuman, is one of the most popular and widely recited prayers in Hinduism. Composed by the saint-poet Goswami Tulsidas in the 16th ...

Fr Antonio da Costa is on a mission. A new book by the Arizona-based priest seeks to save Catholic devotional music that has been passed down the generations; for the first time, in a written form He ...

Theologian Father Paul Haffner suggested the Orthodox clergy, in unity with the Catholic Church March 25, pray the ‘Akathist to Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos,’ a devotional hymn that sings the praises ...

The Hanuman Chalisa, composed by the poet-saint Tulsidas in the 16th century, is one of the most beloved devotional hymns in Hindu tradition. Recited by millions for spiritual strength and protection, ...

CHENNAI: In the 7th and 8th centuries, the ancient hymns of Thevaram were recited by priests and filled the temples of Shiva in south India. Today, they are a peek into the wave of the Bhakti movement ...

Wherever there are even a handful of Sikh or Punjabi families, prabhat pheris — early morning devotional processions — begin days before the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. These processions, filled ...

Devotional hymns were played over loudspeakers at several temples in Karnataka today morning at 5am after Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik's call against loudspeakers at mosques. Karnataka Home ...

A discordant note has hit the world of Carnatic music. Several Carnatic musicians have been subject to threats and vile comments on social media for singing Christian Carnatic hymns or for ...