Hindu devotees offer flowers to gods and goddesses as part of worship rituals. Dinodia Photo/Corbis Documentary via Getty images In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, ...

"Would Shiva still be the destroyer if he were never woven into the Vedas? Would Krishna be the beloved deity if the Mahabharata hadn’t immortalized his divine play? And what if Rama remained just a ...

(The Conversation) — In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra or Durga Puja, worshipers all over the world will purchase flowers for use in ritual worship in temples, ...

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