A key part of the Hindu faith is that life is a cycle of living, dying and reincarnation. Each rebirth is dependent on how the previous life was lived. For believers, a pilgrimage to the Kumbh ...

SIMRAN: There is an end to the cycle of death and rebirth. It is called moksha. It is reached by always trying to be the best we can be. That is the core of them being the Hindu person because ...

Despite these differences, Buddhist principles such as karma (the law of cause and effect) and samsara (the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth) bear striking similarities to core Hindu beliefs.

Shiva has blue skin, a third eye and carries a trident. Hindus believe that life is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. They also believe that the next life depends on how the previous life was ...