The tradition of carrying kavady was started by a great devotee of Lord Muruga, Idumban, who worshipped Lord Murugan at the Palani Hills temple in Tamilnadu (India) where he created the first kavady.

The Hindu temple in Jebel Ali is a permanent home for more than 16 Hindu deities. It offers various facilities for devotees — located in Dubai’s Corridor of Tolerance in Jebel Ali. Other religious ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York City fire officials say the fire started in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday morning. Workers at the ...

On Thaipusam, devotees don yellow traditional attire after bathing and walk barefoot to the Murugan temple carrying offerings such as milk pots and kavadi. According to a Hindu legend, the tradition ...

Rediscovered some 200 years ago, the ancient Egyptian temple of Esna has held 2,000-year-old secrets in its walls that are just now seeing the light of day. Thanks to an ambitious restoration project ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...