It began with a chant. In a small house off Rouse Road, in the center of the shrine room's wood-paneled floor, a bald man in saffron robes shifted from foot to foot, singing the words of his faith: ...

Hare Krishna devotees remove their shoes as they step into the meditation room each morning. Outside, birds chirp and a waterfall cascades into a koi pond. It is quiet — for now. The compound is like ...

The Ramkumar family piled into their van early Saturday morning and drove five hours west from their home in the Washington suburbs into the American heartland. They passed cows and horses, church ...