Purana Durga Bari is a temple situated in Varanasi that is devoted to the goddess Durga, also known as the great mother goddess, who is worshiped all over India. The temple is visited by pilgrims from ...

To those watching from the sidelines, this dance of joyous abandon can seem like a transgression of societal codes of morality, especially when women participate in it. However, beyond our acceptance ...

Varanasi: Here completes 258 years of the idol of Goddess Durga of Purana Durga Bari not being immersed. As Navratri celebration ends on Thursday and Puja organisers began preparing to immerse idols ...

Navaratri (or Navaratra) simply means nine nights. Timing of festivals is as per lunar tithis and these don’t exactly correspond to solar days. The nine days are from pratipada (first lunar day) to ...

A rather silly debate has broken out in Parliament. It concerns Durga – who is worshipped each year during Shardiya Navratri by mainstream Hindus as the slayer of a buffalo demon Mahishasur – and a ...

'Ya devi sarvabhuteshu shakti – rupena samsthita, namas tasyai, namas tasyai, namas tasyai, namo namaha Ya devi sarvabhuteshu shanti – rupena samsthita, namas tasyai, namas tasyai, namas tasyai, namo ...

Durga Puja is a festival of joy, colour and triumph of good over evil. It consists of Navratri followed by Vijaydashami commemorating Durga's triumph over Mahishasur. Earliest images of Durga as ...

In the vast rhythm of the cosmos, where universes rise and fall in endless cycles, there exists a force that is both subtle and all-encompassing. This force is Shakti, the primordial feminine energy ...

Navratri, the nine-day festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, holds immense significance in Hindu culture. One of the most sacred and revered texts recited during this period is the Durga ...