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Folk singer Maithili Thakur thought she was successful, with millions following her Hindu devotional tunes on social media -- but then Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent her popularity into the stratosphere.

Nag Panchami is a day devoted to the Nag Devta or the snake god in the Hindu tradition. Every year, this day is celebrated during the auspicious month of Sawan, according to the Hindu calendar. This year, Nag Panchami is on August 13.

Shravan, also called Sawan, is the fifth month in the Hindu calendar. It is a period of austerity and fasting, when people devote themselves to the worship of Lord Shiva, the god of destruction.

Mahakumbh 2021: On Maha Shivratri today, lakhs of Hindu devotees gathered at the banks of the river Ganga in Haridwar to take a holy dip on the auspicious first Shahi Snan day. Devotees of Lord Shiva across the world are celebrating Shivratri with great devotion today.

Mauni Amavasya 2021: Today is Mauni Amavasya. One of the most sacred days in the Hindu calendar, Mauni Amavasya or Maghi Amavasya, is observed with great devotion across India. Mauni Amavasya is also a significant bathing day during the Kumbh Mela.

Navratri 2020: Navratri is a nine-day long Hindu festival wherein many people observe fasts in devotion to Goddess Durga.

The Chennai Police has arrested a 49-year-old man allegedly associated with a controversial YouTube channel, Karuppar Koottam, which recently released a critical video with derogatory comments on a Tamil Hindu devotional song leading to public outrage.

Sawan Date 2019: Today on July 17 marks the beginning of the month of Sawan after the conclusion Guru Purnima and Lunar Eclipse. Lord Shiva is worshiped throughout the month of Sawan. It is believed that as compared to other days, praying to Lord Shiva holds more importance in the month of Sawan, one of the holiest months according to the Hindu cal...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress has done a great disservice to the nation by inventing the term "Hindu terror", a week after an anti-terror court in Haryana acquitted a saffron-robed monk and three others in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express that left nearly 70 people dead.

Mahashivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated across the country to worship Lord Shiv, also called the "destroyer of evil".

Navratri 2018 will be celebrated to worship Goddess Durga and her nine avatars. During these nine days of devotion, people from Hindu community fast during the festival.

Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to freedom from the oppressive British colonial rule, was assassinated on January 30, 1948 at the age of 78. Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic, was found guilty of murdering him and was executed the following year. Mahatma Gandhi led a non-violent mass freedom movement in India called Satyagraha or 'devotion to t...

The festival of Navratri (literally meaning nine nights) is one of the most widely celebrated Hindu festivals. It is celebrated to honour Goddess Durga who symbolizes power and purity. Navratri is famous for the ritual of fasting or avoiding food grains like rice, wheat and pulses for nine consecutive days. Along with Goddess Durga (and her other f...

A Muslim woman from Karnataka is being trolled for the exact reason she was praised for on a reality television show: she sang a Hindu devotional song. Administrators of a Facebook page with nearly 46,000 followers posted a picture of 22-year-old Suhana Sayeed along with a long message in Kannada, essentially condemning her for daring to sing in pu...

A group of students at an Ivy League University near New York protested a performance by one of its white graduates, accusing her of "cultural appropriation" as she performed Hindu chants and meditation at an event on campus.

Folk singer Maithili Thakur thought she was successful, with millions following her Hindu devotional tunes on social media -- but then Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent her popularity into the stratosphere.

Nag Panchami is a day devoted to the Nag Devta or the snake god in the Hindu tradition. Every year, this day is celebrated during the auspicious month of Sawan, according to the Hindu calendar. This year, Nag Panchami is on August 13.

Shravan, also called Sawan, is the fifth month in the Hindu calendar. It is a period of austerity and fasting, when people devote themselves to the worship of Lord Shiva, the god of destruction.

Mahakumbh 2021: On Maha Shivratri today, lakhs of Hindu devotees gathered at the banks of the river Ganga in Haridwar to take a holy dip on the auspicious first Shahi Snan day. Devotees of Lord Shiva across the world are celebrating Shivratri with great devotion today.

Mauni Amavasya 2021: Today is Mauni Amavasya. One of the most sacred days in the Hindu calendar, Mauni Amavasya or Maghi Amavasya, is observed with great devotion across India. Mauni Amavasya is also a significant bathing day during the Kumbh Mela.

Navratri 2020: Navratri is a nine-day long Hindu festival wherein many people observe fasts in devotion to Goddess Durga.

The Chennai Police has arrested a 49-year-old man allegedly associated with a controversial YouTube channel, Karuppar Koottam, which recently released a critical video with derogatory comments on a Tamil Hindu devotional song leading to public outrage.

Sawan Date 2019: Today on July 17 marks the beginning of the month of Sawan after the conclusion Guru Purnima and Lunar Eclipse. Lord Shiva is worshiped throughout the month of Sawan. It is believed that as compared to other days, praying to Lord Shiva holds more importance in the month of Sawan, one of the holiest months according to the Hindu cal...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress has done a great disservice to the nation by inventing the term "Hindu terror", a week after an anti-terror court in Haryana acquitted a saffron-robed monk and three others in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express that left nearly 70 people dead.

Mahashivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated across the country to worship Lord Shiv, also called the "destroyer of evil".

Navratri 2018 will be celebrated to worship Goddess Durga and her nine avatars. During these nine days of devotion, people from Hindu community fast during the festival.

Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to freedom from the oppressive British colonial rule, was assassinated on January 30, 1948 at the age of 78. Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic, was found guilty of murdering him and was executed the following year. Mahatma Gandhi led a non-violent mass freedom movement in India called Satyagraha or 'devotion to t...

The festival of Navratri (literally meaning nine nights) is one of the most widely celebrated Hindu festivals. It is celebrated to honour Goddess Durga who symbolizes power and purity. Navratri is famous for the ritual of fasting or avoiding food grains like rice, wheat and pulses for nine consecutive days. Along with Goddess Durga (and her other f...

A Muslim woman from Karnataka is being trolled for the exact reason she was praised for on a reality television show: she sang a Hindu devotional song. Administrators of a Facebook page with nearly 46,000 followers posted a picture of 22-year-old Suhana Sayeed along with a long message in Kannada, essentially condemning her for daring to sing in pu...

A group of students at an Ivy League University near New York protested a performance by one of its white graduates, accusing her of "cultural appropriation" as she performed Hindu chants and meditation at an event on campus.