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We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

Hindu New Year 2026 Date The conclusion of the year is approaching, with the new Gregorian year commencing on January 1, 2026 ...

Its practice can be traced to a specific tradition called Kaula Tantra, which developed in the northeast of India near ...

According to the Hindu calendar, the New Year begins in the month of Chaitra, symbolising renewal, tradition and spiritual ...

Yadav has built more than a decade of art practice around questions of labour and identity, looking at sites of labourers and ...

Long before Vande Mataram was elevated to the status of a national emblem, it was a distinctly Bengali cry of anguish.

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For most Indians, Vande Mataram is a familiar two-stanza patriotic song taught in school assemblies. But the real Vande Mataram, composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee between 1872 and 1875, contained ...

As Vande Mataram completes 150 years, Parliament will debate its origins, the 1937 controversy, and the political dispute between the BJP and Congress over its full verses.

While Freya, a.k.a. Freyja, Freja, Fröja or Frøya, is most known as the goddess of love, she also oversaw fertility, battle, and death. The mythology related to her emphasizes her role in all things ...