Varanasi: With the installation of idols of goddess Durga and rituals of their praan pratishtha (invocation) on the auspicious occasion of Saptami (seventh day of Navratri), the footfall of devotees ...

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra reignited political and cultural tensions on Saturday after mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invocation of Goddess Kali during his rally in Durgapur, West ...

Vijaya Dashami is observed on the tenth day following Navratri every year. Vijaya Dashami is observed on the tenth day following Navratri every year. The first three nights of Navratri are devoted to ...

Commercial Compact disc. Digital remastering of previous analog recording: Tibetan ritual (Philips, 1971; no. 6586 007). The ritual given in its entirety is an invocation to the goddess Yeshiki Mamo ...

We celebrate this auspicious day to honour Goddess Saraswati during the sacred tithi of Shukla Navami. Those who venerate Goddess Saraswati on this day receive wisdom and learning, along with artistic ...

On the outskirts of Boston, runaway rebel and instigator of the most slay girl cult Salem will ever see, gaslighting girlboss Abigail Williams makes a run for it. With a rudimentary grasp of ...

The Iowa House began its work session on Thursday with a modern pagan blessing by a Wiccan faith leader as a group of Christians elsewhere in the state Capitol solemnly recited their own prayers.

Saraswati Avahan is a significant ritual which is observed during the Navratri festival, particularly in the eastern parts of India, including West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In ...

A documentary about how rituals, cultural traditions and respect for nature act together to help protect biodiversity and preserve biosphere reserves in some rural areas of India.

All the clichés about “these strange times” and “the new normal” are beginning to grind as we try to make sense of the Covid-19-endangered world we live in. And while we mourn the ill, the dying and ...