The serpent pursues Ra as the sun god pulls the burning sundisc ... Few eclipse myths can match the horror of Hinduism’s Rahu, one of the Asura, a kind of demon. Originally known as Svarbhānu ...

What if the Asuras, long vilified in Hindu mythology ... bowing to celestial kingship, the Asura dharma would advocate for meritocracy—where rulers and gods are questioned, knowledge is pursued ...

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Asura” takes its name from the demigods of Hindu mythology, whose virtuous appearance conceals a more volatile side. Such duality is a running theme in the ...