India is a land of temples, miracles, and all things spiritual. From temples that worship snakes and rats, to idols that can ...

This World Heritage Day, let's celebrate India’s rich intangible cultural heritage which includes living traditions like ...

Although Indians are predominantly meat eaters, Hindutva activists are enforcing a fanatic vegetarianism on everyone, ...

Lucknow: Prayers, Bengali community celebrated ‘Poila Boishak' the Bengali new year with great fervour and gaiety.

To understand why this issue struck such a nerve, one must understand the central role of maach (fish) in Bengali life -not just as food, but as something deeply spiritual. Fish is part of religious ...

Barir choto chele, Pranata Sarkar, grew up watching his family of four and an extended family of almost 50, celebrating every ...

Hindu devotees carry a basket with idols of deities of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, and goddess of wealth Lakshmi to perform rituals on the occasion of Bengali New Year’s day in which traders in ...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Kalighat Kali Temple amid BJP’s criticism over Waqf Act unrest, asserting peace and ...

Berhampur: The rhythm of drums, cymbals and conch shells that reverberated in the air for last 21 days for ‘Danda ...

He also recalled that the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on the day of Baisakhi. Goddess Hinglaj, he said, is considered ...

They broke the walls, but not the will. The gods went underground — but never away.History often remembers rulers by the ...