Durga Puja is a festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga – daughter, mother, warrior and defeater of demons ...

Reports indicate growing violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, including temple vandalism, following Prime Minister Sheikh ...

On Wednesday last, the Hindu community people celebrated Mahalaya inviting Goddess Durga to her paternal home earth from ...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Kanchan Paul is deep in concentration as he paints the right eye on a clay idol of the Hindu goddess ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and ...

Sharadiya Durga Puja, the largest Hindu festival in Bangladesh, started Wednesday under a cloud of concern following recent acts of vandalism. Reports of idol desecration in various regions have ...

DHAKA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Durga Puja, one of the largest Hindu festivals, ended in Bangladesh with the immersion of the idols on Sunday. The five-day Durga Puja festival involves the worship of ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has assured security of the Hindu community ahead of Durga Puja. He also promised ...

India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement condemning the attacks on Hindu temples and mandaps in ...