KOTAGIRI, IndiaKOTAGIRI, India — 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 ...

Chaitra Navratri 2026 begins on March 19 with Ghatasthapana. Check the Kalash Sthapana muhurat, puja timings, rituals and ...

(RNS) — Religious rituals are sensory encounters. The smell of candles, incense, the taste of wine at Communion or prasad, the blessed food at Hindu worship practices: Each is aimed at involving the ...

For years, meals at the summer sun dance ceremonies on the Eastern Shoshone tribe’s lands in Wyoming were missing something that was once a staple of the sacred rituals. There was no presence of ...

Staff photojournalist Salwan Georges traveled to four countries to show the impact of climate change on religious practices. He walked hundreds of miles in Iraq and Spain in extreme heat, hiked 15,000 ...

On the day I sat in on Professor Robert Weiner’s REL 1.13, “Sacred Movement” class, he lectured about his research on Chaco Canyon — a complex center of Indigenous pre-colonial ruins located in ...

Chaitra Navratri is one of the most sacred Hindu festivals which will begin on March 19, 2026, marking the start of nine days dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga. Celebrated with deep devotion ...