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Worship Starts with a Pierced God
Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...
Delhi Court Orders Registration of FIR Against Rana Ayyub Over Allegations of ‘Insult to Hindu Deities’
A Delhi Court has directed the Delhi Police to register an FIR against Rana Ayyub for allegedly 'insulting Hindu deities' and ...