Photographs on social media of Belagavi diocese Bishop Derek Fernandes, wearing saffron robes and with a vermilion tilak, have stirred a controversy for the Roman Catholic Church in the country. The ...

An effort by railway authorities to have a temple shifted from an Agra platform on the ground of passenger safety has prompted its saffron-robed priest to threaten “a law-and-order issue”, with ...

Monks and laypeople are part and parcel of any Thai community and the preachers in saffron robes often come to local people for their meals. Monks routinely go on alms rounds to pick up food donated ...