The Thengalai & Vadagalai sects, both followers of philosopher Ramanuja, have been fighting a legal battle over the right to ...

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On a windy January 2024 night in South Phoenix, only a scattering of attendees occupied the pews at a church called Jericho Tabernacle. But as the regular Wednesday service began, the sounds of a ...

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