As many parents know, the line between passing along cultural traditions and mortifying your children in public can be perilously thin. For one mother, that dilemma arose this year ahead of Navaratri, ...

For as long as I can remember, Navaratri has been one of the most eagerly awaited festivals in my maternal home. And it is Amma (my mother) who makes it so special. Much like the goddess who radiates ...

New Delhi: The divine nine days of the year are starting from today. Navaratri the nine holy days of worshipping Shakti are back and as all of us have submerged in revering the nine forms of Shakti, ...

Many have often wondered how the ancient Indic religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism (Sikhism is not that ancient), survived and prospered for millennia — without a designated holy book like the ...

(RNS) — Throughout the United States, South Asian Americans young and old have come out to dance garba, the folk dance that began as a devotional form of worship and has now become a cultural ...

Navaratri is one of India's most widely observed Hindu festivals. People celebrate with music, dance and worship of the Goddess and many observe partial or full dietary fasts for spiritual reasons.

Chaitra Navaratri 2017 commences on 28th March, and the nine-day Hindu festival will end with Ram Navami on 5th April. Navratri which literally means ‘nine nights’ is the celebration of Goddess Durga ...

People follow a special diet, which includes sweet potato, pumpkin, yam and taro root Dubai: Today marks the beginning of the nine-day long Indian festival – Navaratri. It is a Sanskrit language word, ...

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