On June 29th, the Bonalu festival, also known as Ashada Jatara, begins in Telangana, honoring Goddess Mahankali with vibrant ...

Bamkim Mishra travels 250 km to inaugurate Jagannath temple in Digha, West Bengal, amid political and religious controversies ...

India is a land deeply rooted in its culture and religion. And, pujas are considered to be an important part of the culture. Here are some flowers used regularly in pujas ...

Men’s wars have also been women’s wars, and feminist scholarship has long worked to reclaim and reframe women’s roles within ...

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In Hinduism, gods and goddesses are often depicted with their vahanas, which are animals or mythical creatures that serve as ...

The name is also unusual because military operations are typically given masculine names—like Operation Bandar—conducted ...

Easily recognizable as the elephantdeity riding a mouse Ganesha is arguably he most popular Hindu God and one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism The son of Shiva and Parv ...

I couldn’t help but think of the cultural significance of the word “ma” in our own society today; it is lead-heavy with ...