The practice of propitiating the ancestors has been there since antiquity, not just in India but across the world. In several countries, certain days are marked when portals are believed to open ...

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If the US can have Christmukkah-or even Chrismahanukwanzakah, to include the African-American Kwanzaa-then why not ...

by way of propitiating him. Our earlier attempts were pretty clumsy, we must admit. When it occurred to us that the child was a person, we perceived first that he must be worth preaching to.

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Meanwhile, Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) has raised its interest rate by 1,000 basis points to 91% “based on the objective of propitiating positive real returns on investments in local ...

The ritual was aimed at propitiating Lord Venkateswara Swamy from the alleged sacrilegious practices such as mixing animal ...

During the 16 days of Pitru Paksh, it is believed that portals to the Pitrulok, the realm of ancestors, open so that they can ...

The first of the three was a combination of the Vané Yakkama and Yak Tun Padaya - complex parts of the Kohomba Yak Kankariya (a fertility ritual propitiating the Demon Kohomba). Those of us who have ...