HOUSTON, April 16, 2014 — Asia Society Texas Center will present a series of vibrant photographs by Brooklyn-based Indian contemporary artist Manjari Sharma, digital works and drawings by Abhishek ...

“Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting” is a small show, nothing like the “Wonders of the Age: Master Painters of India 1100-1900,” which the Metropolitan Museum plans for this September.

Revanta, the son of Surya and chief of the Guhyakas (semi-divine beings), was a popular god of warriors and hunters during the early medieval period. Once revered in northern and eastern India, ...

NEW DELHI -- Nestled between the wedding sari boutiques and hipster jean shops, there's a store in the city's most popular shopping mall that's playing with the gods. The fashion, art and design store ...

A statue embodies the divine power, a power that has created and nurtured this universe. Indian mythology has many gods and goddesses, each having a role and significance. You can find them in temples ...

(RNS) — India has a history of worshipping female divinities during times of disease outbreaks. There have been goddesses of plague, smallpox and cholera through the past centuries. MUMBAI (RNS) — As ...

Between the second and sixth centuries, a series of pandemics destabilized the Roman empire. The first of these was the Antonine Plague, between 165-180 AD, and the second was the Plague of Justinian, ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, famous forever as Sridevi, would have been celebrating her 60th birthday this year, had she not met her premature end at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower ...

According to legends, it is believed that presiding deities in the temple seem to "talk" to each other at night, after the temple is closed for darshan, and devotees and local residents have reported ...