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 ...

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 ...

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

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

In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, the weeklong celebration of the Hindu goddess Durga has strained the Hindu community with reports of vandalism, violence and intimidation in parts of Bangladesh.

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