Do you mechanically ring the bell when you visit a temple? If so, you may not know the spiritual significance behind it.

A Call to Center Yourself The first reason we ring the bell is deeply personal, though often overlooked: it serves as a ...

KYOTO--Priests at Chion-in temple here tolled a 70-ton bell, said to be one of Japan’s three largest temple bells, in a dry run to ring out a year overshadowed by wars overseas. The Dec. 27 ...

11-year-old Vraj shows us around a Hindu temple, called a mandir ... with many murtis to pray to Vraj rings a bell to awaken god when he enters, then bows and prays to the statues ask for help ...