From crushed roots to rose-scented pastes, turmeric is a pre-wedding beauty ritual—but also a vessel for connection across ...

The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way ...

A look at three important ceremonies that take place in the early years of a Hindu ... ceremony, together with the use of astrological charts, the head-shaving ceremony and the sacred thread ...

Madurai: Amid a sea of devotees filling the air with intense devotion, the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord ...