The incident that sparked the unrest took place last week when locals claimed that the idol at the Muthyalamma temple was ...

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 ...

How far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them ...

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

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

In Dhaka, thousands of devotees are expected to gather along the banks of the Buriganga River to witness the emotional farewell to the goddess ...

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

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

Durga Ashtami, also known as Maha Ashtami, celebrates the eighth day of Navratri dedicated to Goddess Maha Gauri. Observed on ...