The ancient tradition of lighting oil lamps has a special significance says Ranjeni A Singh The priest strikes the matchstick with a flourish and lights the lamp filled with ghee or oil all the while ...

Easily recognizable as the elephantdeity riding a mouse Ganesha is arguably he most popular Hindu God and one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism The son of Shiva and Parv ...

Gods and goddesses exist not just as powerful, abstract entities but as characters with emotions, principles, and rules. While they might be revered as the ultimate forces of creation, preservation, ...

This knowledge transfer represents a form of cultural transmission that ... In Hindu tradition, the elephant-headed deity Ganesha is the god of wisdom and knowledge, while many African cultures have ...