Navratri 2016 : Ujjain City celebrates Mahashtami with devotion and enthusiasm | Free Press Journal
Ujjain: On the 8th day of Shardiya Navaratri, temples of Goddess Durga remained crowded whole the day. Devotees with great zeal and devotion performed worship of goddess Durga with rituals. The festival of More...
elting Pot: Mumbai celebrates Durga Puja with decked-up pandals, dhaak and sindoor
WHILE MUMBAI has always celebrated Navratri grooving to Dandiya beats, slowly but surely, the sounds of the ‘dhaak’ too are catching up. The city is known to celebrate every festival with zeal, and over the More...
Ban Chinese goods,take out Dawood: Baba Ramdev
HARIDWAR: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said Hafiz Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim should be eliminated in surgical operations on Pakistani soil and given moksha (salvation), advocating a similar approach against the Lashkar-e-Taiba More...
Mysuru Dasara, Yeshtondu Sundara – The Royal Face of Navratri
In all parts of the country, Dasara is celebrated as a community based festival where groups or mandals, furiously compete with each other to give the festival a currency, meaning, as well as vibrancy, and grandiosity More...
The Many Forms and Vahanas of Devi
The vehicles of the gods and goddesses in Hinduism are animal mounts that the gods/goddesses ride. All the Hindu gods and Hindu goddesses are represented as using vahanas to separate themselves; each vehicle is More...
Trump plans mega event for U.S. Hindu citizens – The Hindu
In an unusual turn to the U.S. presidential campaign, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will address the Hindu citizens of the United States on October 15, announced Shalabh ‘Shalli’ Kumar, Chairman More...
Understanding the Fierce Cosmic Mother, Kali
Who is this terrible woman, Dark as the sky in midnight? Who is this woman, Dancing over the field of battle, like a blue lotus that floats, on a crimson sea of blood in frenzy and savage fury? Under the weight More...
Calcutta HC lifts Puja curbs, slams Bengal ‘bid to appease minorities’ | The Indian Express
Bijoy Dashami, the day of the Durga idol immersion, falls on October 11 this year. The tazia procession for Muharram is to take place the next day. The Calcutta High Court has held the time limits set by the West More...
Navaratri – The Many Hues and Forms of Dasara in India
Navratri is celebrated in different ways throughout India. The celebrations are as varied as the diverse cultures in the East, West, North and South of this great subcontinent. The Chaitra Navratri culminates in Ram More...
Jai Santoshi Ma Worship in India
The Deification of Santoshi Ma Santoshi Ma is a Goddess of recent origin in the Hindu religion. She was formally apotheosized in the 1960s after the establishment of five temples in North India. Hailed to be the More...