Sitting atop her lion, the Hindu goddess Durga wields a celestial weapon in each of her 10 hands. But her target isn’t the usual demon of deceit, Mahishasura.

Leaning on his 10-armed creation, Govind Nath is ready to breathe life into the Hindu goddess Durga, a beloved deity who will ...

A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley ...

A 2-year-old girl has been chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess, known as the Kumari. Aryatara Shakya replaces the previous ...

The festival of Dussehra ends with flames, as enormous effigies of the demon King Ravana collapse in roaring pyres, a ...

An Indian religious leader has asked a Brazilian fashion clothes brand to remove the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh from one of its lines of shorts for men and women.

Traditionally, the Kumari is a girl aged between two and four, with unblemished skin, hair, eyes and teeth with no scars or ...