As an offspring of Aditi, a Vedic entity representing infinity, Surya is one of the twelve Adityas, which also include Indra, ...

Kangana Ranaut, the actor and MP was the first who spelt her understanding about India’s Independence when she stated that ...

A Malaysian snake temple list is incomplete without arguably the most famous of such temples in the country, namely the Snake Temple in Penang. That is the name it is most known by, but the Buddhist ...

Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on ...

Being an ancient religion Hinduism now is plagued with many wrong and false ideas about it These probably arose over time ...

Sexual allure was long an intrinsic aspect of Aphrodite, and erotic pleasures were referred to as ta Aphrodisia, "the business of Aphrodite." The goddess's body was not fully revealed in Greek art, ...

The monk allegedly used a makeshift guillotine next to a Buddhist god statue so that the religious figure would appear to be holding his head after it had been cut off. Before making the sacrifice, ...

NARA--A special exhibition of statues of the Buddhist god Bishamonten selected from temples and museums opened at the Nara National Museum here on Feb. 4. The show, “Bishamonten--Guardian of the ...