STORY: Participants, including women, played the "Dahi Handi," where they form human pyramids to break suspended clay pots full of curd and honey. The event is meant to imitate a widely known part of ...
A 1,500-year-old statue of the Hindu god Krishna just got a 21st century makeover at the Cleveland Museum of Art. From PBS station Ideastream Public Media, David C. Barnett takes us behind the scenes ...
The ISKCON temple in Houston came alive Wednesday with the spirited celebrations of Janmashtami — the Hindu god Krishna’s birthday — including dance, music, food, traditional rituals, and a children’s ...
Wednesday is an important day for Fort Bend and Harris counties' Hindu community as it marks the birth of Lord Krishna, the Hindu god often depicted with a blue complexion. There are several Houston ...
“Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan after 2020 restoration (detail)” (c. 600, Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da), sandstone, 203.1 x 68 x 55.5 cm (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance ...
Krishna’s story does not end with death. In fact, it becomes stranger, deeper, and more powerful after it. A god leaves his ...
(RNS) — This Janmashtami, ISKCON temples around the world will double up their Chhappan Bhog practice with a community food offering. (RNS) — It is said in the Hindu scriptures that the blue-skinned ...
The National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) is currently hosting a focus exhibition featuring the newly restored, 1,500-year-old Cambodian stone sculpture “Krishna Lifting Mountain Govardhan.” “Revealing ...
The Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple is a place of worship and an iconic landmark in Utah. Located at the junction of U.S. Route 89 and I-15 in Spanish Fork, the Shri Shri Radha Krishna Temple is now ...
Revealing Krishna transports visitors to a sacred mountain in the floodplains of southern Cambodia. The exhibition showcases a monumental sculpture of the Hindu god Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan to ...