Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, about 20,000 people pilgrimage to Varanasi, India's holiest city, to die. Some Hindus believe they can break out of ...

India will host the second BRICS Culture Working Group meeting in Varanasi on June 4-5, featuring discussions on cultural economy and heritage protection.

India’s top directors, including Siddharth Anand, Nitesh Tiwari, Geetu Mohandas, S. S. Rajamouli and Atlee Kumar, are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though officially abolished decades ago, the caste system still profoundly influences life in India. Those born into high castes ...

Known for its many temples, mysterious holy men and bustling ghats along the River Ganges, the Indian city of Varanasi also produces some of the world’s finest silk saris. The handwoven Banarasi sari, ...

As one famous American film once said, "If you build it, they will come." SS Rajamouli took those words to heart with Varanasi. The film, which has been promoted as being a #Globetrotter production, ...

VARANASI, India (RNS) — When Linda Hess took in the view from the bank of the Ganges River recently for the first time in 10 years, she hardly recognized the place she once knew. “When I first came ...

Priyanka Chopra watched the IPL 2026 final match between RCB and GT ...

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