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NEW DELHI (AP) — 23-year old Ashutosh Agnihotri has been playing god this week. Ahead of the Dussehra festival, which celebrates the defeat of mythological demon Ravana, at the hands of Lord Rama, ...

At first glance, Hindu gods appear blue. Many assume it’s their actual skin color, but the truth is far deeper. Blue isn’t literal it’s a symbol of the infinite. The sky, the oceans, and the cosmos ...

The Mangal Kavyas, folk narratives that emerged in Bengal between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, were not peripheral literature. How did they transform folk deities into Hindu gods, and ...

SAN ANTONIO — An artist is highlighting multiple Hindu gods and goddesses in the latest exhibition at the San Antonio Museum of Art. The SAMA has unveiled "Envisioning the Hindu Divine: Expanding ...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Kanchan Paul is deep in concentration as he paints the right eye on a clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga. He stands on a plastic stool and leans in toward the 8-foot-tall ...

In many Hindu homes, the first prayer of the day is offered to a name that outsiders rarely recognize. It is not always a famous deity worshipped across temples and scriptures. Sometimes, it is a ...

Here we have listed 10 Hindu Gods and Goddesses and the traditional bhog lovingly offered to them.

In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra or Durga Puja, worshippers all over the world will purchase flowers for use in ritual worship in temples, outdoor ceremonies ...