The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is one of India's top luxury hotel chains. Founded in 1986 by CP Krishnan Nair, the ...

A village on Nepal’s border with India has found a way to reduce conflicts with wild Asian elephants in recent years: By ...

Living Traditions will run from May 22 until October 19, 2025, in the Sainsbury Exhibition Gallery at the British Museum.

A n incisive expression of family and culture that neither apologizes nor over-explains itself, Roshan Sethi's A Nice Indian Boy is a riotous, moving queer romantic comedy with a ...

The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka ... villagers install Ganesha statues to ward off wild elephants. In both South India and Sri Lanka, elaborately decorated elephants are central to ...

The mouth of the largest carving, which some say resembles the Hindu elephant ... site and seven statues of women holding water pitchers that depict the seven holy rivers of India.

With time, even the tools used to play holi have evolved. A beautiful, ornate silver water syringe with a spout the shape of ...

Val Kilmer, the longtime Hollywood star known for roles in "Top Gun," "Heat" and "Tombstone," among other films, died this week. He was 65 years old. Kilmer, who battled throat cancer for several ...