As Hindus in the D.C. area and worldwide celebrate the five-day holiday Diwali, they want to bring back their sacred symbol: ...

Symbols are allotted to political parties as per the provisions of the Symbols Order by the Election Commission of India (ECI). In the largest democracy where a sizeable population is still ...

Varanasi is also considered the holiest place on earth for Hindu cremation because the body's ashes can be sprinkled into the sacred river; ash is therefore a prevalent symbol at the Kumbh Mela.

The magnitude of influence that Buddhism had on the history of Asia is visible both in the tangible and intangible transposes ...

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Many pieces of clothing instead opt for care tags that eschew clear instructions in favor of a confusing array of symbols. These hieroglyphics of squares, circles, open-topped trapezoids and squiggly ...

Likewise is the famously tall and gaunt Ichabod Crane (“one might have mistaken him for … some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield”), scared out of his wits in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by the ...

Hinduism also teaches that within each person is the spirit of the sacred lotus. Flower power! We now associate mistletoe with the magic of Christmas, but its symbolism dates back to the days of ...

Ridley’s investigation into the body found in a hollow tree leads him to suspect different men in the victim’s life. When another body is found murdered, with links to disgraced ex-copper Jean ...

The grand prophecies about D.E.'s future now seemed hollow. He had to find ... contains a Christian cross, ringed by symbols from Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. In the middle is a dove, which ...

Cast biographies for Richard II, part of the The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare's history plays on BBC Two. Ben Whishaw trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating spring 2003.

CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — The sights and sounds of ‘Haunted Hollow’ in Clarence Center are back for their final chapter after six years. “My grandchildren have encouraged us to please ...