Four Indian statues on display during a ceremony marking the repatriation of over 200 artifacts to the Indian government, at Blair House in Washington, Monday, June 6, 2016. Statues from left are ...

Himachal Pradesh is home to numerous temples and monasteries that reflect its cultural and religious diversity. Hindu temples ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaning on his 10-armed creation, Govind Nath is ready to breathe life into the Hindu goddess Durga, a beloved deity who will be revered by tens of thousands of worshippers during the ...

A statue embodies the divine power, a power that has created and nurtured this universe. Indian mythology has many gods and goddesses, each having a role and significance. You can find them in temples ...

Jagannath, worshipped primarily in Odisha, is a mysterious deity whose origins are steeped in tribal and Vedic syncretism. Unlike typical anthropomorphic gods, Jagannath’s wooden idol has a block-like ...

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

A stolen yogini statue, which was once on sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London, will be returned to the High Commission of India to be repatriated. The ancient statue depicts an Indian ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, famous forever as Sridevi, would have been celebrating her 60th birthday this year, had she not met her premature end at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower ...

(RNS) — India has a history of worshipping female divinities during times of disease outbreaks. There have been goddesses of plague, smallpox and cholera through the past centuries. MUMBAI (RNS) — As ...

In daylight, a shrine is a place people visit. After dark, in certain corners of India, it becomes a place people step away from. Not because faith ends there, but because faith deepens into restraint ...