In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure ...

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Seven cities in India are known as the Sapta Puris, which are believed to be the gates to liberation from the cycle of birth ...

Pilgrims take a dip in the sacred waters of Sangam, at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj on Jan.13, 2025. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is expected to announce Wednesday that it will renew a Clinton-era initiative to protect public lands considered sacred to American Indians. Neal McCaleb, the ...

SHILLONG, India — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader ...

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Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine. Thousands of sacred forests ...

SHILLONG, India — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader ...