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

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

According to Hindu tradition, Goddess Durga manifests in the mortal realm in her 10-armed form on Mahalaya in a bid to ...

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

Ten days of festivities focused on the triumph of good over evil recently culminated in the Hindu festival of Dussehra. While ...

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 ...

Minority Hindus in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh are celebrating their largest religious festival of Durga Puja, but fear ...

Ahead of the Dussehra festival, which celebrates the defeat of mythological demon Ravana, at the hands of Lord Rama, artists ...

The grand festival of Durga Puja, the most cherished celebration for the Hindu community, is coming to a close Saturday, as ...

Idols of goddess Durga were immersed in various parts of the country on Sunday marking the end of the week-long Durga Puja festivities. In Kolkata, idols of goddess Durga were immersed at Babughat.

In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, vast crowds celebrate the biggest Hindu festival of the year under tight security, after a ...

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