Symbolizing the blooming lotus flower out of the muddy water ... To do this pose, begin by resting your legs in front, as you sit on the mat. Now, bend your knees and draw your legs closer to the ...

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

Dhanteras is a key Hindu festival marking the start of Diwali, celebrated for wealth and health. Devotees worship Lord ...

Buckingham Palace is to allow tourists to enter through its famed front gates for the first time, following the success of ...

Each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower, and every single thread ... and multiple specially made machines, which draw out the debris. Each feather is then laboriously ...

Villagers in a small rural community in India's Tamil Nadu offer prayers for daughter of their ancestral land, Kamala Harris.

Lakshmi Puja, an essential ritual during Diwali, involves cleaning the home, setting up a sacred platform, positioning deiti ...