Adivasis and Brahmins stake claim over a deity who was worshipped by tribals as a stone for centuries before the stone became a multi-armed idol of a goddess all Hindus revere ...

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Returning to Khuzhir in a UAZ, switching to a Korean-made bus, and traveling about 40 minutes along the Angara River leads to ...

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Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of learning and knowledge. On this day, many children begin their formal education by writing the first letter of the Nepali alphabet on the walls of Saraswati temples, ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his joy at being part of the Maha Kumbabhishekam of the Murugan Temple in Jakarta, highlighting the cultural an ...

Japan’s annual ritual of “mame-maki,” or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking ...

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and ...

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Our mighty country still does not have a bullet train — but Laos does, despite being one of the poorest nations in the world. The route makes stops in nine cities or towns in the northern half of the ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.