Devotees line up to offer prayers and seek blessings at a 52-foot-tall idol of Lord Ganesh in Hyderabad. Credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images A man, wearing a mask of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity ...

Perhaps more than any other religion, Hinduism treats animals as sacred. Learn about the divinity of cows, elephants, and ...

NAME OF GOD GANESHA - One who has a beautiful face. The scientific interpretation of this is that; Lord Ganesh got Farious hitting at the hands of lord Shiva, with the latters weapons, and thus his ...

Huge crowds of devotees gathered across India this month to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the deity Ganesha, the elephant-headed, round-bellied god of prosperity ...

MUMBAI — Every year, after months of pouring monsoon rains, millions of devout Hindus across western India step out to joyfully celebrate the birthday of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god. Elaborate ...

A man dressed as a Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, rides a motorcycle on a road in the southern Indian city of Chennai Credit: REUTERS Idols of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha ...

The 10-day Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi that celebrates the rebirth of Lord Ganesha, is observed with much fanfare across the country. Ganesha, the youngest son of Lord Shiva and Parvati, is ...

On India's west coast, revelers hoist up statues of an elephant-headed god, and parade them toward the Arabian Sea. They sing and chant, and hand out food to bystanders. For 10 days, they perform ...

Devotees in India dunked thousands of statues of the elephant god Ganesh into water on shorelines and rivers across India to mark the end of a 10-day festival on Thursday. In Mumbai, India's financial ...