During this time, nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped. During this time, devotees observe a fast and worship the ...

A three-foot statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu had washed ashore. The sculpture was broken in pieces, but experts recognized it as depicting Vishnu in the Janardanaya avatar, one of his 24 divine forms ...

A woman out for an evening stroll along the beach at Pedda Rushikonda on India's eastern coast recently stumbled upon a ...

Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. In Delos, in Greece ...

Anand Venkatesh took a cue from a Kerala High Court verdict, and wrote, “God will forgive us ... was not filed by the temple management or the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR ...

Nepal was the last Hindu kingdom with its king surveying the army during Maha Shivratri, and receiving the blessings of patron goddess Kumari during the festival of Indra Jatra. There is a strong ...

so did George Carlin when he claimed that God was a fiction. For today ... is the apotheosis of this new divine role. The Hindu religion being one of the main pillars of the BJP's very existence and ...

NASA's Artemis program aims to use the Moon as a stepping stone for human exploration of Mars. Artemis II, scheduled for 2026, will be the first crewed mission of the program, orbiting the Earth ...

Each shade carries a distinct meaning, including: There are multiple Hindu myths tied to Holi. But one of the most popular is the story of Lord Krishna, known as the god of protection, compassion ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the ...