Nazanin Noori, ‘THE ECHO OF PROTEST IS DISTANT TO THE PROTEST’, 2025, exhibition view. Courtesy: the artist and Auto Italia, London; photograph: Jack Elliot Edwards ...

The Char Dham – Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath, nestled in the Himalayas, have immense spiritual meaning to the Hindus. Each shrine is connected to a specific ritual in search of divine ...

Parshuram Jayanti 2025: Parshuram Jayanti, a major festival in Sanatan Dharma, is being celebrated with great devotion today, April 29, 2025. Lord Parshuram is revered as the sixth incarnation of Lord ...

The three-day festival began on Wednesday afternoon at the Manipuri Cultural Complex in Tentigaon village, with religious rituals and folk performances marking the opening ceremony. For all latest ...

Akshaya Tritiya is also known as Akti or Akha Teej. Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most auspicious festivals for the Jain and Hindu communities, will be observed this year on Wednesday, April 30 ...

The new pope will be elected through perhaps the church's most storied practice, the papal conclave, a centuries-old tradition laden with ritual, secrecy, intrigue and global ramifications.

After days of public mourning inside St. Peter’s Basilica, where thousands of faithful traveled from around the world to pay their final respects, the coffin of Pope Francis was officially sealed. A ...

Performers dressed in dramatic costumes move through the crowd, reenacting ancient rituals to drums and chants echoing across the city. The crowd—locals and tourists alike—comes for the ...

Known as the center of Europe’s first advanced civilization, the island of Crete — home to the Bronze Age Minoans who flourished over 4,000 years ago — is now revealing a more intimate and unexpected ...

Thus, the original birthday party was born—not an overindulgence, but a protective, connective ritual. And today? They still serve a similar purpose: Birthday parties mark existence, strengthen ...

The animal kingdom is filled with extraordinary displays of affection, bizarre mating dances, and elaborate rituals designed to win the heart of a potential mate. While humans might express love ...

Timothy M. Dolan is one of 10 cardinals from the United States who will have a vote in the ritual that will determine the next pope. By Elizabeth Dias Photographs by Victor J. Blue Elizabeth Dias ...