Varanasi: With the installation of idols of goddess Durga and rituals of their praan pratishtha (invocation) on the auspicious occasion of Saptami (seventh day of Navratri), the footfall of devotees ...

This auspicious time is considered ideal for invoking Goddess Saraswati with devotion and purity. On this day, devotees place books, musical instruments, and learning tools before the idol or image of ...

Commercial Compact disc. Digital remastering of previous analog recording: Tibetan ritual (Philips, 1971; no. 6586 007). The ritual given in its entirety is an invocation to the goddess Yeshiki Mamo ...

A documentary about how rituals, cultural traditions and respect for nature act together to help protect biodiversity and preserve biosphere reserves in some rural areas of India.

Rep. Liz Bennett invited Priestess Deborah Maynard, out of Cedar Rapids, to give a Wiccan invocation to the House of Representatives in a couple weeks. It's an unusual decision that's raising a lot of ...

In four performances from Sept. 21-24 at Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse, Coyote Dancers, under the artistic direction of Maher Benham, offered three world premieres—"Invocation: The Monk's," "E.T.