NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on ...

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Holi symbolises the victory of good over evil, and colours are thrown at each other as a sign of celebration and victory of ...

Millions of devotees across India celebrated the Shivaratri festival that honours the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism.

the temple of the Hindu god Shiva, holy men and devotees puffed on cannabis smoke, a practice that is normally illegal but is permitted during the Shivaratri festival. Devotees have been praying ...

Threatened, ostracised and pushed to the edge, a group of about 130 Dalit families in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district ...