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

The spectators were getting restless after hours of waiting when a drizzle began. But an announcer over scratchy loudspeakers ...

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

On the occasion of Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, foreign envoys from the United States, Israel, and Australia ...

Celebrities, including Rupali Ganguly and Sonam Kapoor, gathered at North Bombay's Durga Puja pandal for the Sindoor Khela ...