India’s music festivals are a vibrant celebration of sound, culture, and connection. And with stunning backdrops like the ...

Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece Battleship Potemkin, four films about Palestine, and a Spanish film titled Beef.

India is often called the land of festivals, and rightly so. From Diwali’s lights to Holi’s colors, from Eid’s feasts to Christmas carols, every festival in India is a grand affair. But festivals were ...

Kerala moves to screen 19 films at festival after the Indian government denies censor exemptions, triggering a censorship row ...

India's festival of lights, Diwali, was on Wednesday announced as an addition to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, ...

The list of Hindu festivals is expansive and can vary depending on the specific sect and its region. The following overview includes some of the most prominent holidays celebrated by the world's 1.2 ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on ...

(RNS) — Monday (Oct. 20) marks Diwali, the “festival of lights” celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across India, South Asia and the diaspora. Considered one of the most ...

The 2026 holiday calendar lists all major festivals, national public holidays and religious observances, helping people ...

The top court in a southern Indian state has banned the bursting of firecrackers during festivals in churches and temples. “There is no commandment in any of the holy books to burst crackers for ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is ...