Chaitra, the first month of the Hindu calendar, holds immense religious and cultural importance. The name "Chaitra" is derived from the fact that on the full moon day of this month, the moon is ...

The vivid festival marks the beginning of spring, symbolizes the defeat of evil and celebrates the love between the Hindu ...

The raucous spring festival sees Hindus take part in a celebration of the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil ...

Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, by wearing bright powder, dancing and feasting on traditional sweets. The raucous spring festival sees Hindus take ...

In a World on the Brink of Chaos, a Seemingly Ordinary Conflict Over Water Becomes the Unexpected Catalyst for a Potential Global ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Hindu devotee prays at a giant statue of Lord Shiva during Shivaratri festival at Sri Parvathi Jadala ...

In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the temple of the Hindu god Shiva, holy men and devotees puffed on cannabis smoke, a practice that is normally illegal but is permitted during the Shivaratri ...

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 ...

The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) – conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24 – surveys more than 35,000 Americans in all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices along with ...

Rat-hole mining, a method of extracting coal through small pits, was banned in 2014 for being unscientific. However, when advanced machinery failed to rescue workers trapped in a tunnel in ...