Learn how Shivaji Maharaj used language, religious patronage, and political ideology to revitalize Hindu culture and ...

They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, drawn by the hope that the bathing would ...

13 and will conclude on Feb. 26, takes place every day, but on the most auspicious dates, Hindu ascetics charge toward the holy rivers at dawn. They are part of religious orders that were once ...

They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths ... then uses a steel stamp to mark them with a symbol of the Hindu god they prefer — from Lord Shiva ...