A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism. In the month of Shravan, cities and towns of the Gangetic plains are inundated with people ...

In the month of Chaitra, falling between March and April, parts of North and Central India celebrate the festival of Gangaur. The word Gangaur comes from ‘gana’ referring to Shiva and ‘gaur ...

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During the late 1970s, Kavadi, a village off the Pune-Solapur highway, 3 km from Loni, with its pollution free river was just right for migratory birds. Ornithologists say it had the makings of a ...

Policemen and Public Works Department personnel took out a ‘kavadi’ procession from Thuckalay to Vellimalai Murugan Temple in Kumaracoil on Friday. They go on such a procession on the last ...

BY DEVDUTT PATTANAIKIn the month of Shravan, cities and towns of the Gangetic plains are inundated with people, dressed in orange, bearing saffron flags, marching to loud music, and carrying a ...