February 2026 promises a vibrant calendar of Hindu festivals, commencing with the auspicious Full Moon and the revered Guru Ravidas Jayanti. Devotees eagerly anticipate Maha Shivratri, a major ...

Celebrating, rejoicing as a group, gathering en masse for anniversaries or commemorations are profoundly human activities. They have always existed, and mark important dates every year, such as ...

This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious or cultural traditions or of the holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious tradition or major religious ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures. LUCKNOW, ...

DELHI, India (RNS) — Kumbh Mela, a festival that every 12 years draws hundreds of thousands of devotees to the city of Prayagraj, in northern India, has become the latest battleground for ...

To outsiders, Saraswati Pujo in Bengal may seem like just another festival - a day when students place their books at the goddess’s feet and pray for good grades. But ask a Bengali, to him/her, it is ...