(RNS) — India has a history of worshipping female divinities during times of disease outbreaks. There have been goddesses of plague, smallpox and cholera through the past centuries. MUMBAI (RNS) — As ...

If you’ve watched the hit Netflix show “Never Have I Ever,” you’re already familiar with the avenging goddess of Hindu mythology, Durga. The show’s lead Indian American character, Devi Vishwakumar, ...

In ancient Rome, a group of young women known as the Vestal Virgins maintained the everlasting flame that burned in the Forum’s Temple of Vesta—a potent symbol of their civilization’s legitimacy and ...

India is home to goddesses of power, wisdom, and wealth—yet the same society that worships them also oppresses real women.

Witness the sea of color that floods western Pakistan every spring to honor the Goddess Sati. Hindu pilgrims climb the steep flanks of a mud volcano to throw coconuts into the crater—a ritual intended ...