Today is an auspicious day to seek the blessings of Pushan, a deity of prosperity and well-being. Revered as a protector of ...

West Bengal’s tradition of patachitra is kept alive in Muslim-majority Naya village of Pingla block in Paschim Medinipur ...

Organizers for the international celebration of independent music outlets have shared the list of what's coming Record Store Day 2025.

The Promise of the Kumbh Mela According to a tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the ...

On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was ...

From an attic window, the only one not blacked out, Anne could watch a tree mark the seasons before the Gestapo dragged her and her family away ... of the Hindu goddess Shitala, a mother figure.

One summer’s day in 1936, a crowd piled into a Mayfair gallery to hear Salvador Dalí give a lecture at the International ...

Menstruation is considered a taboo in many parts of South Asia. We often believe that the stigma only persists in rural areas, yet the stories of countless women in Kathmandu, Nepal, reveal the ...

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of immortality from demons. Hindus believe that a few drops fell in the cities ...

PUTRAJAYA: An appeal filed by a Hindu family relating to a dispute over the religious status of former secondary school teacher B. Raguram who died four years ago has been settled amicably.

When the stampede broke out, the family and neighbours scattered in different ... to Ram is hoping that faith will make things better. “God will not be cruel with us. We came to the Kumbh ...