NEW YORK (RNS) — A few minutes before midnight on Wednesday (Feb. 26), under the strobe light of the dance floor of a Queens bar, a man dressed as the Hindu deity Lord Shiva performed the ...
a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day and stay up all night, singing and dancing to religious songs.
Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly ...
In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the temple of the Hindu god Shiva, holy men and devotees ... Devotees have been praying and dancing to religious songs at the temple, which is one of the ...