For thousands of years, yogis across India have raised a spiralled seashell to their lips, taken a deep breath, and released a resonant, echoing note. This is known as conch or shankh blowing, an ...

The ‘Conch in the Classroom’ curriculum has returned for the Fall Term at five primary schools in Grand Bahama and has been introduced in Abaco as part of an after-school programme. The project ...

Ladies of BD Block gathered near the pandal on Ashtami for back-to-back conchshell-blowing and candle-lighting contests The candle-lighting contest in BD Block on Ashtami. (Shatadipa Bhattacharya) ...

The thirteenth day of the dark fortnight of the Kartik month marks the start of the five-day Diwali celebration. Dhanvantari Puja or Dhan Trayodashi are other names for Dhanteras. Kubera and Goddess ...

From Seattle to Baltimore, many Americans were celebrating Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day, determined to see it as a triumph of perseverance over centuries marked by trauma. Tribal nations and ...