There are few ideas in Indian spiritual thought that are as widely repeated and yet as deeply misunderstood as the idea of ...

While some Pentecostal preachers in eastern Nigeria set fire to statues and other ancient artefacts that they regard as symbols of idolatry, one Catholic priest is collecting them instead. The ...

The world of Hindu scriptures and mythologies is as vast as the ocean. It attracts the readers and believers into the deep and captures them into its various aspects. When it comes to feminine deities ...

The Rigveda enumerates 33 devas or ‘shining ones’, representing primarily the forces of nature. Of these, three were important: Agni or fire, Indra or rain, and Soma, a plant. The popular deities ...

UNESCO added 10 "ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes" of Japan to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Nov. 29. The decision to add the visits by the ...

The modern Pune of the 21st century still harbours a cosmic world of magical spirits, goblins and folk deities of primitive origins in its folds. Before we explore the blast of development which took ...