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

An idol of Hindu goddess Durga is transported on a cycle rickshaw to a venue of worship in Kolkata. Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Bikas Das ...

"The installation ceremony of Goddess Kali idol and that of goddesses Durga and Lakshmi will be akin ... albeit it will be the abode of powerful and revered Hindu goddesses," said temple chief ...

The main highlights of the Durga Puja festival is the artistic display of the Goddess Durga idols in her various forms, and then the dances and worship rituals that follow in. Mythology reveals the ...

During Magha Gupta Navratri, Hindu devotees get up at the time of sunrise and take an early bath. After finishing the morning rituals they clean and decorate the place of worship and begin making ...

The rapper, 28, appears on the November cover of Footwear News in a seeming imitation of the Hindu goddess Durga, who is traditionally depicted with eight to 10 arms. The photo also shows Cardi ...

A central figure in Hindu belief, Durga is worshipped ... a golden idol of Chamundi Devi, and a 16-foot-high statue of the demon Mahishasura, whom the Goddess is said to have slain.

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 ...

During Navaratri the creative power of the Goddess is celebrated ... state of West Bengal Navaratri culminates in the Durga Puja, when Durga idols are carried in procession and immersed in ...

Hinduism is one of the world's most ancient religions and the goddess Durga sits right at its heart. This is Kamakhya Temple, high in the hills of Assam, one of the most sacred goddess temples in ...