KOLKATA, India — Purbasha Roy held her 9-year-old daughter’s hand and pointed toward the towering art installation: blooming pink buds symbolizing embryos, menstrual cups shaped to form a bouquet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India is gearing up for the annual “Durga Puja’ festival that celebrates the Hindu Goddess Durga, worshipped by her devotees as ...

(RNS) — As the nine-day festival of Sharada Navaratri comes to an end Tuesday (Oct. 24), Hindus will mark the holiday Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, with devotions and celebrations dedicated ...

India, June 21 -- The second half of June 2026 is brimming with auspicious Hindu festivals and vrats. The religious observances offer devotees the opportunity to pray, fast, and perform other acts of ...

Minority Hindus in Bangladesh have celebrated their largest annual religious festival, Durga Puja, in the shadow of fear stemming from rising communal attacks against them, community leaders say. “The ...

This week concludes the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, a yearly celebration of the Hindu goddess Durga. In multiple Hindu religious texts, Maa Durga (“mother” Durga) slays the buffalo-demon Mahishasura ...

If you’ve watched the hit Netflix show “Never Have I Ever,” you’re already familiar with the avenging goddess of Hindu mythology, Durga. The show’s lead Indian American character, Devi Vishwakumar, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. People across the Indian subcontinent and beyond are marking the annual ...