India's Snake Festival: Playing with Scorpions is Form of worship for devotees

 

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1. Villagers in India’s Karnataka state played with scorpions as part of the festivities at an annual snake worship festival on August 3, 2022.

One of India's biggest Religious festivals, Millions of Hindus celebrate Chariot Festival in India

 

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 The 3 chariots are constructed from over 4,000 pieces of wood by a few families who have the hereditary rights to make them.

Indians take holy dip in Ganges River despite Covid tidal wave - rfi.fr

 Hundreds of thousands of Hindus are taking their annual dip in India's sacred Ganges River Friday, and over the weekend, despite soaring Covid-19 cases and stern restrictions. A similar event was partly blamed for a savage virus surge last year.

Kumbh Mela - Das größte Fest der Welt

 

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India mob kills Muslim man for allegedly killing cow

A muslim man accused of killing a cow was beaten to death by a mob in central India, police said Sunday, the latest vigilante murder over the animal considered sacred by Hindus.

17 more bodies of Hindu villagers uncovered in Myanmar northern state

Some 17 more bodies of Hindu villagers have been uncovered in a village in Maungtaw of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, bringing the total number of the bodies left by Aug. 25 terrorist attacks to 45, Myanmar News Agency reported Tuesday.

New Delhi Steps Up Efforts To Protect Sacred Cows

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is getting tougher on the illegal use of cows for consumption and export, in light of centuries of Hindu thought revering cows for their gentle, maternal nature.

Goats, buffaloes sacrificed as Hindu devotees mark Dashain festival in Nepal: The festival celebrates the victory of the gods over demons.

Hindu devotees across Nepal on Monday celebrated the ninth day of the major annual festival of Dashain by offering animal sacrifices to the Goddess Durga.

Bangladesh: Hindu man hacked to death in Pabna

Unidentified attackers have hacked to death a 62-year-old Hindu monastery worker in Bangladesh, police say, the latest in a series of such attacks on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.

Indian temple authorities allow women worshipers, ending centuries-old tradition

Authorities at a Hindu shrine in India's western state of Maharashtra on Friday allowed female worshipers to enter the inner sanctum of the temple.

Indian Muslims Mull End to Cow Sacrifices

Some Islamic scholars and Muslim groups in India have called on Muslims to refrain from sacrificing cows this Eid al-Adha, to avoid hurting the religious sentiments of the country’s Hindu majority that considers the animal holy.

Insecurity grips minority groups in Bangladesh (video Al Jazeera)

The UN's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion has visited Bangladesh to look into the recent murders of four writers who had been labelled atheists by conservative religious groups.