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A robotic arm (below on right) is used to worship by maneuvering a candle in front of the Hindu god Ganesha. Credit:…

By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — Arjun Viswanathan stood on the street, his hands folded, eyes fixed on the idol of the Hindu…

By ZACK HAROLD, West Virginia Public Broadcasting BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Every couple weeks, Lauren Lee stuffs a few dozen gallon jugs into a…

For the first few years after the Serbian restaurant Kafana arrived on Avenue C, in 2008, it served two overlapping constituencies.The first, of course, was made up of Serbs. Like Kafana’s…

Lakhs of people visited the pilgrim town of Puri in Odisha on Sunday for a glimpse of Lord Jagannath in his ‘Suna Bhesa’ or gold attire in one of the most spectacular rituals of Ratha Jatra.…

Devotees who could not undertake the Amarnath Yatra this year can book virtual puja, ‘hawan’ and ‘prasad’ online for a personalised experience, officials said on Saturday. Puja and ‘hawan’…

After the end of the four-day Ambubachi festival, the doors of the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati were finally opened for the devotees on Sunday. It is believed that the deity at the temple…

A young man sporting elf ears and a pink beard danced shirtless to trance music. A crowd of people sipped Liquid Death, a new water brand marketed at festivals, as they shimmied and swayed,…

Uttarakhand’s Chardham yatra which started on Akshay Tritiya, May 3 is going on in full swing. On the fifth day of the opening of the doors of Kedarnath Dham, more than 80,000 pilgrims…

The portals of Badrinath were opened for devotees at 6.15 am on Sunday amid the chanting of vedic hymns and traditional rituals.Thousands of devotees from across the country and abroad…