The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day ...

Despite two deadly stampedes that killed dozens, the festival in the northern city of Prayagraj has been hailed as a triumph.

Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam conducted ‘Saraswati Yagam’ on the occasion of Moola Nakshatra, the birth star of Goddess Saraswati, on Sunday. The Saraswati Yagam was performed ...

Strongly condemning the defacement of a BAPS Hindu temple in California with anti-Hindu graffiti, Jagadguru Shankaracharya ...

Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj has vehemently denounced the defacement of the BAPS Hindu Temple in California, US, with anti-Hindu graffiti. Calling it an act of ...

The massive sanitation effort began after the six-week festival concluded last week in the Indian city of Prayagraj.