nav durga

A court order has removed the restriction on women entering the Sabarimala shrine of Lord Ayyappa which has caused uprising in protests. Here's what you need to know

It is believed that the idol fulfils everyone’s wishes and people along with celebrities turn up in large numbers to offer worship to this Ganesha idol.

This Sanskrit hymn, a lyrical masterpiece by saint-philosopher Adi Shankara, pays homage to Goddess Chamundeshwari and her defeat of the demon Mahishasura.

The festive fervour is renting the air and the devotees across the Telangana state are geared up to revel this month-long festival that celebrates faith and oneness of humanity.

Devi Durga is considered as a divine potency responsible for keeping the material world in order and decorum. Here's why she is revered with such intensity.

The stories of village gods are not simply myths but memorates, or first-person accounts. The ‘Amman’ does awaken on Navrathri & the Ayyanar rides his horse, sword in hand, along the boundaries of the village, fighting off evil spirits.

The festival that is known as 'Navratri’ ‘ultimate awakening of Maa Durga with very special rituals that mark its celebration.

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta in Kolkata, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.