If you meditate regularly or practice yoga, you’ve probably come across mala beads before. Mala beads, commonly known as a japa mala or simply a mala, are a type of prayer beads. Prayer beads have ...

Walk into many a meditation or yoga studio here in Los Angeles and beyond and you’ll see a treasure-trove of malas, made from all variety of gemstones and crystals. At heart, these prayer beads are a ...

Light shines through the Holy Spirit window in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this file photo. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) The church is slowly reviving a treasure of the past, the Pentecost ...

Villagers from Mangali took up this craft 60 years ago Prayer beads produced at Mangali, a village near Hisar in Haryana, are supplied across the country and the world for use by people from different ...

For 11 months out of the year, Charles Gendusa sits up at night threading beads onto string, crafting thousands of rosaries. It is a form of prayer, the 75-year-old retiree says, and it’s good therapy ...

Prayer beads produced at Mangali, a nondescriptive village near Hisar in Haryana, are supplied across the country and the world for use by people from different religions for prayer and meditation.