The temple administration had earlier announced a closure for devotees from 5 pm to 10 pm for the Paita Lagi Niti, an elaborate and secretive ritual where the sibling deities are adorned with a sacred ...

When author Vasudha Rai, one of India’s leading beauty and wellness writers, wanted to plant a peepul tree in a community ... This is exactly what her new book, Sacred, does.

The inauguration of Surat International Airport's new taxiway is stalled due to a sacred tree, believed to be the abode of a Yakshini. Local beliefs prevent its removal, fearing a curse.

In India, rivers regarded as sacred has not prevented them from being polluted to toxic levels. The Ganga and Yamuna have been declared as legal entities with rights. Despite the law, industrial ...

Footage shows countless cotton blooms and dust swirling through the air, carried by strong gusts of wind in Chiang Mai on April 1. The white flowers scattered across the motorway, billowing around ...

But silk needs more care, and costs a lot more than regular cotton pillowcases True silk (not just satin-lookalikes) is delicate — it requires hand washing or a gentle cycle with mild detergent. It ...

Earlier in the day, PM Modi, along with the Sri Lanka President, Anura Kumara Disanayaka, visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in Anuradhapura and offered prayers at the revered Mahabodhi ...

also made offerings of silk clothes. Meanwhile, thousands of devotees gathered at the temple to witness the celestial wedding (Kalyanam) of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita. The sacred ritual was ...

This is the spectacular moment cotton tree flowers blew onto a road, creating a snowfall effect in Thailand. Footage shows countless cotton blooms and dust swirling through the air, accompanied by ...

Anuradhapura [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Ven. K Medhankara Thero, a prominent Buddhist monk expressed his happiness over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second visit to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi ...

Thereafter Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage at the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Anuradhapura. #WATCH | PM Narendra Modi, accompanied by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at ...

The temple houses the sacred Bodhi tree, believed to be a sapling brought from India by Theri Sanghamitta, daughter of Emperor Ashoka. As a gesture of goodwill, the chief priest of the temple tied ...