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Jammu, Apr 15 : Over 1.52 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance during the first four days of navratras at the cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi situated in Trikuta Hills of mountainous Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. ''During the first four ...

How did you conceptualise "Nine Avatars of Durga"? We have basically visualised a travelogue and the theme is the "never say never" attitude which focuses primarily on women. The intention is to encourage a fighting spirit among women when faced ...

Phoolan Devi, India's notorious Bandit Queen, continues to live on in popular imagination. Rape victim and avenging angel, oppressor and oppressed, she finally won respectability, and a seat in Parliament, embraced Buddhism, before a barrage of ...

The first day of Chaitra Navaratra started on a hectic note with devouts flocking the abode of Goddess Durga situated in different parts of the city. Streets outside all prominent temples witnessed a beeline of devotees to pay obeisance to the ...

The best guide to know about Hinduism is to decode the words which have hidden meanings consistent with Hindu beliefs. The Devi could be understood from this method as well. Devi is derived from the word Deva. Deva could be phonetically written as ...

Bangalore: Entrepreneurs are all in a festive mood with Ugadi, the local Deccan regional festival decorating calendars and houses on 11th April. Ugadi, is originally derived from the word Yug which means era and adi which means the commencement. As ...

KATHMANDU: Defending champion Nangsal Devi Tamang, Samjhana Khaling and Sabina Panthi of Nepal APF Club entered the womens singles pre-quarterfinals of the Li-Ning 36th National Badminton Championships here at the Nepal APF Headquarters today.

IT is Holi again and I am surprisingly riveted to YouTube, listening to Jaddan Bai's lilting composition in Raga Durga. From the feel of it, she must have sung it in the 1930s. The words from the 78rpm record are haunting, and flow like confident ...

Guddi devi, 27: She had sought treatment for a simple stomach ache. The doctor prescribed hysterectomy. Today, with all her vitality sapped, she feels it was the biggest. Photo by Amey Mansabdar Sunita devi, 35: She sought treatment for ...