A huge crowd gathered around the two-tiered temple of Laxmi-Narayan in Patko Tole on this historic day as the sounds of jhyalijhyamta filled the air. 70-year-old Chandraprava Shakya, standing next to ...

A small temple in Patan, a town just south of Kathmandu, held the god Lakshmi-Narayan in the form of a stone sculpture carved in the 10th century. The Hindu deity, composed of a cojoined avatar of ...

Mumbai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, took part in the 150th anniversary celebrations of the ...

Prayagraj: Kinnar Akhara Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has expelled former Bollywood actor Mamta ...

For over 1,000 years, women throughout the Indian subcontinent have worn the sari. Conceived on the loom as a three-dimensional garment, the sari is made from a single piece of unstitched fabric 5 to ...

The Kinnar Akhada is experiencing significant internal disputes following Mamta Kulkarni's appointment as Mahamandaleshwar, leading to Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi stepping down.

Nepal, Stele, Lakshmi-Narayana, 10th–11th century, gray stone, 33 5/8 x 19 1/4 x 8 in. (photo courtesy Dallas Museum of Art) A sculpture of a Hindu deity looted from a Kathmandu Valley temple in the ...