It was January, and I was headed 80 miles west to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, a Hindu religious festival in which ... that year there was a terrible stampede in which hundreds died.

Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akha Teej, is a highly auspicious Hindu festival celebrated on the third day of Shukla Paksha in Vaisakha, promising endless wealth. Celebrated on April 30 ...

“Thankfully, I made it to this festival. I have been to Jodhpur earlier but never got to see this gorgeous white marble cenotaph,” says Christine from Germany as we stand on the terrace of ...

Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee (Kathak), Deepak Majumdar (Bharatanatyam) and Aruna Mohanty (Odissi), who performed at the festival, showed how poetry finds diverse interpretations in dance. It was an ...

Akshaya Tritiya: Divine Significance The day is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the preserver in the Hindu Trinity. It also marks the beginning of the Treta Yuga, according to Hindu mythology.

Dehradun: Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday announced that a ‘Centre for Hindu Studies' will be set up at Doon University to offer academic and research opportunities focused on Hindu ...

Fahadh Faasil’s Upcoming Film First Look (Photo Credit – Instagram) Yesterday, Vishu was celebrated, marking the New Year in the Malayalam calendar and a significant Hindu festival.

The Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Thursday approved the Tamil Nadu Space Industrial Policy 2025 to position the State as a hub for space innovation, high-value manufacturing and tech-driven job creation.

Since Narendra Modi's election in 2014, the Hindu nationalist power has been working to erase or minimize Buddhist and Muslim contributions, notably in school textbooks. In 2017, the Indian state ...

Last year, the government announced the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge and invited Indian entities to develop an indigenous web browser. The results were recently announced, and Ulaa, a ...

It falls four days before ‘Diwali’, the grand Hindu festival of lights. Rama Ekadashi is also called as ‘Rambha Ekadashi’ or even ‘Kartik Krishna Ekadashi’. In the Hindu mythology, ‘Rama’ is another ...