Goddess Mahagauri, an incarnation of Durga worshipped during Navaratri, symbolizes purity, tranquility, and wisdom.

Lord Shiva's symbols, such as the serpent around his neck, ashes on his body, and the trishul, each hold profound meanings representing strength, spiritual awareness, and cosmic balance.

MA Designer Maker at Camberwell College of Arts aims to take the lead in re-asserting the position of craft and making in the contexts of contemporary design discourse, society and humanity. This ...

They argue that in recent years, Hindu monks, enabled by the fact that the influence the community wields under the law, have increasingly been performing rituals that defy the spirit of Buddhism ...

In fact, people often confuse the Nazi Hakenkreuz symbol with the Hindu sacred symbol Swastik, especially in Canada. The Hakenkreuz represents hatred because of its association with the Nazi movement.

Part of what caused mass resignation, the announcement said, “was an ongoing process to discuss symbols on the historic Duveneck house,” a focal point of the property. “The house ...

The goal: to de-stress. The Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture from 1st or 2nd century BC, talks about “pranayama"—a yoga practice of controlling the breath—and yoga texts from a few centuries ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on Tuesday, a day after sectarian ...

A transformative encounter with a Sufi peer led him to convert to Islam at 23, adopting the name Rahman suggested by a Hindu astrologer.

However, the use of ‘Roo’ is more a symbolic representation of Tamil — one of India’s many languages — than an outright rejection of the currency symbol ‘₹’. The Tamil Nadu ...

India’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) landscape saw a sharp rise in February, with deal volumes hitting a three-year high, despite global economic uncertainties.

The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has decided to remove the official rupee symbol (₹) from the state’s Budget 2025, replacing it with the Tamil script. This marks the first time a state has ...