Archaeologists believe they’ve fully excavated eight rooms carved from stone, which were used for ritual practices during the eighth century B.C. Evidence shows that the use of the rooms was ...

Krishna’s wife, Jambavati, was the daughter of a ‘bear’. These are clearly metaphors for people who lived in forests and did not subscribe to the Aryan way of life, based on yagna rituals. In the ...

Sakat Chauth 2025 Date, Moonrise Time, Puja Rituals: Sakat Chauth is a significant Hindu festival predominantly celebrated in the northern regions of India. It is also referred to as Til-Kuta Chauth, ...

Summary. Rituals — collective activities that team members regularly engage in and attribute meaning to — can make a big difference during times of change or transition. Research, which ...

14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — One tribe in South Dakota lifted its order banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its territories just days before the Republican was ...

A Native American tribe in South Dakota lifted its banishment on Republican Gov. Kristi Noem in a letter Wednesday, offering its endorsement of her nomination to serve as secretary of Homeland ...

Ritual: Ghatasthapana, Shailputri PujaThe first day marks the installation of the Ghata (sacred pot) and the beginning of the Navratri fast. Devotees offer prayers to Goddess Shailputri, the first ...

And they could be traced to that state’s unusual effort to stop an Oklahoma tribe from offering Connecticut residents short-term consumer loans at exorbitant interest rates. “Gov. Malloy ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An award-winning government employee has been named as the new director of the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of Justice (DOJ) amid the transition in federal government.

Pongal, celebrated mid-January primarily in Tamil Nadu and worldwide, honors the harvest with rituals over four days: Bhogi Pongal for renewal, Thai Pongal with offerings to the Sun God ...

The day is celebrated with rituals, prayers and thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest and the natural ... The first day of Pongal, Bhogi, is dedicated to purification and getting rid of the old in ...