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Nepal: Hindu devotees in Nepal celebrate last day of Madhav Narayan
Hundreds of Hindu devotees gathered on Wednesday in Hanumanghat, Bhaktapur, to celebrate the last day of the month-long ...
Japanese Goddess Benzaiten is equivalent of Maa Saraswati, Kangiten is Lord Ganesha? Know about 'Indian Gods in Japan'
If you want to learn more about Indian Gods – including Shiva, Ganesha and Saraswati – and their Japanese counterparts, you ...
Looking for Faith? Here’s a Guide to Choosing a Religion.
This doesn’t imply, however, that a religious search should begin at random. Rather, you should start the way you would in ...
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Why Hindu Nationalists Desperately Claim Harappa As Aryan
This nomenclature links the Harappan civilisation with settlements in northern India—considered the eastern extension of the Harappan civilisation—where Hindu ... to any ancient Indian ...
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Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
The festival, where a stampede killed 30 people Wednesday, has historically embraced diversity in the ancient traditions ... or names of various Hindu gods written in Hindi and English.
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...
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Mahakumbh And The Modern Hindu
On January 26, the country was treated to the uplifting sight of a grand spectacle, reaffirming the Republic and its symbolic rituals. The very next day, on January 27, the nation was subjected to ...
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Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Tools for sacred marks, sandalwood paste, vermillion powder and metal stamps of Hindu gods’ names are placed in a tray by a Hindu priest at the confluence of the Ganges, the ...