Union of India, the Supreme Court ordered that ... The court also recommended that the Union Environment Ministry identify and map sacred groves nationwide and formulate a policy for their ...

The tradition of sacred groves in India is steeped in history, representing a long-standing cultural practice that has persisted through various historical periods and religious transformations. These ...

For more than 60 days, local herders and other village folk had been opposing the project for threatening their traditional sacred community groves, known locally as ... Rajasthan has emerged as India ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The pilgrims come and go as strangers. They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, drawn by the hope that the bathing would bring ...

A Hindu devotee looks in the mirror after putting a sacred mark on his forehead at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in ...

This sacred stroke, called tilak, is ubiquitous to the millions of Hindu pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh festival in India’s northern Prayagraj city, where faithful gather at the spot where ...