Rituals

Vallabhacharya Jayanti 2022: Know all about date, rituals and significance of the auspicious occasion

A renowned scholar, Shripad Vallabhacharya, was considered one of the pioneers of the Bhakti Movement in India

Qutab Minar was 'Vishnu Stambh' before being reconstructed by a Muslim ruler, claims VHP leader

Vishva Hindu Parishad demanded that the government rebuild the ancient temples at the Qutab Minar complex and allow resumption of Hindu rituals and prayers there

Japanese 'tree burials' gain popularity across the globe as lack of burial spaces demand change in age-old funeral practices

The idea of tree burials has proven so popular in Japan that other temples and public cemeteries have mimicked the model, some providing burial spaces under individual trees and others spaces in a columbarium that surrounds a single tree.

Cycle Pure Agarbathies launches PurePrayer app for devotees; solution to help book pujas, services at 52 major temples in Karnataka

The PurePrayer app will not add any additional service charge or convenience for connecting the Devotees to the temples.

JaipurPhoto 2018: Terje Abusdal blends the eerie and humane in Slash & Burn, a project on the Forest Finns

Terje Abusdal's project Slash & Burn, which was displayed at JaipurPhoto this year, is a study of the magic and mystery of the Forest Finns | #FirstCulture

Kuthiyottam row: Young boys endure days of suffering, brave piercings with metal hooks in Kerala temple ritual

About a thousand boys between the ages of five and twelve suffer physical and mental abuse as part of a ritual called Kuthiyottam.

IIMC DG defiant over 'yajna' on campus, says he needs no lessons on secularism

IIMC DG opines that there is no harm in conducting religious rituals on campus; he added that students are free to conduct rituals on campus. He also invited former Bastar IGP Kalluri for a media seminar.

Sabarimala Temple: Religious authorities need to stop shunning half the world's population

The Sabarimala shrine has historically been open to only male devotees because women experience menstruation and that is traditionally considered ‘impure’.

Rituals in times of drought: KCR’s expensive thanksgiving to cost Telangana Rs 6 cr

It’s thanksgiving time for Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and the god-fearing leader is set to leave the state’s exchequer poorer by around Rs 6 crore.

Saffron isn’t green: When religion is the pollutant, can Modi clean up Ganga?

PM Narendra Modi's alluring ideological synthesis runs quickly into trouble when faced with reality, and nowhere are its contradictions more glaringly obvious than in Varanasi.