As Lord Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra begins today, the centuries old 'Devdasi Seva' practice comes to an end with Mahari Parasmani's demise. As Lord Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra begins today, the centuries ...

NAMITA PANDA DANCER LAVANYA ANANTH PERFORMS BHARATNATYAM AND (ABOVE) RUPASHREE MOHAPATRA SHOWCASES A MAHARI DANCE AT THE EIGHTH DEVDASI NATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL 2013 AT RABINDRA MANDAP IN BHUBANESWAR.

After writing on the Mughals and British colonials, William Dalrymple makes devoted Hindus the focus of his new book. He spoke to the Guide about why these nine stories need to be told, and why he ...

Italian Odissi dancer Ileana Citaristi, the first foreigner to receive the Padma Shri in the field of art, visited Kolkata book fair on Sunday, with a retelling of her meeting with one of the last ...

Regarded as Puducherry’s official emblem, the elegant ivory white pavilion adorned by the fleur-de-lis, the formal royal arms of France was built during the reign of Napolean III, by Louis Gurre in ...

Under the Hindu Devdasi system, daughters of poor families were given to a local temples, as 'brides of god' to take care of the temple and performed rituals and music. Traditonally, they used to ...