I would like to convert to Hinduism, I am studying and loads of research online suggests I would be given a new name that I would need to legalise to be fully Hindu. Also a certificate to prove such. Is this right? Just want to get everything in place. Thank you

What miracles or other supernatural concepts have happened in Hinduism?

Few verses of Manu Smriti like Manu 8.279-282 seem so offensive and against basic Compassion. Are they literal Punishments or just warnings not to commit bad acts???Even Shankaracharya quotes a verse to pour lac in ear of Sudra hearing Veda...Can you please present proof that these statements are...

Wikipedia is mentioning this description regarding Chamunda Devi , but it totally lacks about sources and details : Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar says that Chamunda was originally a tribal goddess, worshipped by the tribals of the Vindhya mountains in central India. These tribes were known to of...

From here one can see that the user Pradip Gangopadhyay has earned a bounty of 500 points on Nov 22 that was offered by user sv. And, for the same answer he earned a bounty of another 500 points today (offered by the same user sv). Even now, the question has a bounty on it worth 500 points (offer...

Sometimes I have observed that my chatroom flags are being handled by Mods from other SE sites. Can the flags that I raise on posts on Hinduism.SE be similarly handled by other sites' moderators or by Community Managers? If it's possible for them will they do it or still they won't?