In two recent gallery shows in New York female artists of Indian heritage emphasized the universal appeal and power of female Hindu deities. In India, taking such artistic license can stir controversy ...

(RNS) A new public campaign in India uses powerful images of three Hindu goddesses with bruised faces to raise awareness about violence against women. The ad campaign is titled “Abused Goddesses” and ...

(RNS) — India has a history of worshipping female divinities during times of disease outbreaks. There have been goddesses of plague, smallpox and cholera through the past centuries. MUMBAI (RNS) — As ...

The devout are seated cross-legged with folded hands, eyes closed, repeating the mantras and verses recited by the priest, who sits behind the haze and smoke of a fire ritual. As the prolonged ...

In ancient Rome, a group of young women known as the Vestal Virgins maintained the everlasting flame that burned in the Forum’s Temple of Vesta—a potent symbol of their civilization’s legitimacy and ...

Huvakka Bhimappa, along with other former 'devadasis' women who were dedicated by their families to the Hindu Goddess Yellamma Devi, cleanse themselves in a pond ...

Menstruation restrictions are one of the most emotionally loaded topics in modern Hindu culture. Many families still forbid ...

In some parts of India, there is a special Hindu ceremony where young girls marry a god. This tradition is called "Devadasi." The Devadasi culture in India [SoulPurpose] In some parts of India, there ...

When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources ...

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