By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and SUMAN NAISHADHAM SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain (AP) — On a chilly January night, hundreds of people ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

The spiritual ceremony of I'tikaf was held with various programs and with the enthusiastic presence of various Shiite groups ...

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A tribe in Papua New Guinea has refused to accept a series of ‘cursed’ ritual skulls made by cannibal headhunters after a ...

Devotees offer ritual prayers during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan.

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ritual structure in Jerusalem, revealing artifacts and practices from the First ...

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As the Maha Kumbh Mela continues to attract millions of devotees from across India and around the world, Indian Railways has ...

Raveena Tandon shared pictures of her Lohri celebration with Bhagyashree and wished her fans on the joyous occasion.

Dozens of dogs and cats, a few parrots and a chicken queued up alongside their owners outside a church in Madrid on Friday, ...