KOLKATA, India — Purbasha Roy held her 9-year-old daughter’s hand and pointed toward the towering art installation: blooming pink buds symbolizing embryos, menstrual cups shaped to form a bouquet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India is gearing up for the annual “Durga Puja’ festival that celebrates the Hindu Goddess Durga, worshipped by her devotees as ...

Every year during Navratri, streets across India glow with the chants of “Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Shakti Rupena Samsthita”. The air vibrates with energy, devotion, and colors of festivity. But have you ...

(RNS) — As the nine-day festival of Sharada Navaratri comes to an end Tuesday (Oct. 24), Hindus will mark the holiday Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, with devotions and celebrations dedicated ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. People across the Indian subcontinent and beyond are marking the annual ...

Minority Hindus in Bangladesh have celebrated their largest annual religious festival, Durga Puja, in the shadow of fear stemming from rising communal attacks against them, community leaders say. “The ...

This week concludes the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, a yearly celebration of the Hindu goddess Durga. In multiple Hindu religious texts, Maa Durga (“mother” Durga) slays the buffalo-demon Mahishasura ...