Durga Puja is a festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga – daughter, mother, warrior and defeater of demons ...

Durga Ashtami, also known as Maha Ashtami, is one of the most significant days during the grand Durga Puja celebrations. In ...

Maha Navami, the third and final day of Durga Puja, is a highly significant occasion for devotees of Goddess Durga. In 2024, ...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Kanchan Paul is deep in concentration as he paints the right eye on a clay idol of the Hindu goddess ...

Devotees wait with sacrificial chickens as they prepare to enter Balkumari Temple during Dashain festival in Thimi, Bhaktapur ...

Vanquishing the asuras Chand and Mund as Chamunda Devi and slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasur as Goddess Durga, She exemplifies the power, force, agency and glory of women to fight against ...

The day of the Dussehra festival also marks the end of the five-day Durga Puja festival, the biggest holiday for India’s ...

Dussehra coincides with two other festivals, Navratri and Durga Puja, with Dussehra marking the end of their celebrations, according to Britannica. Its name comes from the Sanskrit words dasha, “ten,” ...

On Wednesday last, the Hindu community people celebrated Mahalaya inviting Goddess Durga to her paternal home earth from ...

Discover Atla Tadde, a festival for married Hindu women, celebrating love and tradition with fasting and rituals.

Hindu devotees bid farewell to the Goddess Durga, who is believed to have left the mortal world for her marital home in the ...