NOTE: Images of the palm leaf manuscript are available at: Image A: http://www.rit.edu/~930www/pics/palm_leaf_original.jpg Image B: http://www.rit.edu/~930www/pics ...

A controversy has erupted about the way the movie “Oppenheimer” depicts the scientist’s relationship with the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. J. Robert Oppenheimer saw the Gita as a reflection of ...

Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh's sex scene in "Oppenheimer" has sparked backlash in India over the use of a sacred text. The Christopher Nolan film details the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the ...

Professor P.R. Mukund and alumnus Ajay Pasupuleti traveled to India in November with precious cargo: two bound copies of the digitally restored Sarvamoola Grantha, a 700-year-old sacred Hindu text ...

PREVIOUSLY: A sex scene in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” featuring a line from Hindu holy scripture “Bhagavad Gita” has led to protests even as the film rakes it in at the box office. SPOILER ...

Hidden in a wooden chest in the heart of a monastery in Udupi, India, an ancient Hindu manuscript has been deteriorating bit by bit over the last 700 years. Now with the help of modern imaging ...

A scene involving J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh) reading the Hindu holy scripture "Bhagavad Gita" in bed has led to protests and reportedly censorship in India ...