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In Tokyo's Asakusa area, the Matsuchiyama Shoden temple is dedicated to Kangiten, the Japanese version of Lord Ganesha. This ...

In the US, boundaries between sacred and everyday spaces are well-defined, but in India, for Hindus, religion comes to you.

A Brazilian artist performs on a stage, an effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road, Mexican National Guard ...

Packert, Cynthia 2019. From Gujarat to the Globe: ‘Bhakti Visuality’ and Identity in BAPS Svāminārāyaṇ Hinduism. The Journal of Hindu Studies, Vol. 12, Issue. 2, p. 192. Bhatt, Kalpesh 2021. Dynamics ...

Tens of thousands of devotees gathered in Mumbai on Tuesday to bid farewell to the Hindu god Ganesha after a ten-day festival ...

Huge swarms of devotees gathered across India this month to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth ...

Tens of thousands of devotees gathered in Mumbai on Tuesday to bid farewell to the Hindu god Ganesha after a ten-day festival ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An artist works on an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha ...

MUMBAI, India -- A large idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha sat in the back of an open truck traveling along a ...

Surat: A disturbing case of an Islamist attack on Hindu youths carrying an idol of Lord Ganesh has emerged from the Mundra area in Gujarat’s Kutch district. Yuvraj Singh Jadeja, one of the injured ...

Karnataka saw a 58 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth among all southern states for Ganesh Chaturthi bus bookings. According to redBus data, this growth was primarily driven by inter-State ...