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 ...
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(AP Video by Rishi Lekhi and Shonal Ganguly) A Hindu devotee gets a sacred mark on his forehead after bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the ...
Who is a Hindu? This question has bewildered many for centuries. Hinduism has through the years gone through several layers of evolution. As European power grew in the Indian subcontinent in the 16th ...