Hindus in India have had a helping hand – several in fact – when it comes to fighting deadly contagions like COVID-19: multi-armed goddesses co-opted to help contain and kill pestilence. Collectively ...

(RNS) — Hindus in India have had a helping hand — several in fact — when it comes to fighting deadly contagions like COVID-19: multi-armed goddesses co-opted to help contain and kill pestilence.

“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.

(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 ...

As final exams approach, students in India turn to spiritual practices, praying to Saraswati, the goddess of learning. They ...

Four Indian statues on display during a ceremony marking the repatriation of over 200 artifacts to the Indian government, at Blair House in Washington, Monday, June 6, 2016. Statues from left are ...