The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu organised a 'Mahotsav' in its premises to celebrate the shared cultural heritage between Nepal and India. The Friday evening 'Mahotsav' featured cultural performances ...

The nine-day Navratri Festival, in which worshippers celebrate the Hindu warrior goddess Durga, concluded over the weekend, ...

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,” ...

Hindu devotees immersed idols in a river for the Durga Puja festival. Worshippers gathered to perform rituals and prayers before dipping the deity's statue into the water in Bihar, India, on October ...

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Animal activists have long objected to ceremonial uses of elephants, citing distress in the animals caused by crowds and ...

In the heart of a local turmeric farm, chants of prayer echoed over cheerful conversation and the smell of authentic Indian ...

Sindoor Khela is a vibrant and traditional Hindu celebration that generally takes place on the last day of Navratri, this ...

Idols of goddess Durga were immersed in various parts of the country on Sunday marking the end of the week-long Durga Puja ...

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