In Hinduism, idol worship, or Murti puja, is a practice and norm. While some religions and cultures believe that there is no ...

Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in the fall in India and Bangladesh. It marks the ten-day worship of the Hindu mother-goddess Durga. Characterized by Bengali drumming, large-scale ...

This week, India is celebrating the auspicious Navaratri, the nine nights of Hindu Goddess ... scholar of Durga today) writes that Kushan-ruled Mathura has yielded dozens of Durga statues, a ...

Hinduism is one of the world's most ancient religions and the goddess Durga ... watches the statue being carried into the Ganges and she shares her thoughts about the Durga Puja.