SarasvatĪ
SARASVATĪ is a goddess of pan-Indian importance best known as the patron of learning and the fine arts. Her name means "flowing, watery," and indeed, she first ap...
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Ash-smeared and naked Hindu saints led millions of devotees Wednesday in a pre-dawn holy dip at the meeting of three major rivers in northern India, starting a weeks-long pilgrimage to wash away th...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Millions of Hindu pilgrims and ascetics took a
dip at the confluence of three sacred rivers in the northern Indian
city of Allahabad on Friday, considered ...
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Hundreds of Christians, fearing more clashes with Hindu nationalists, fled to government-run relief camps where authorities on Saturday were providing them with food, medicine and security.The clas...
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