In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

SEEMA BURMAN writes about the playful faceoff between the villagers of Gokul and Barsana that devotees act out at a local templeThe followers of the Nimbarka and Gaudiya tradition give Radha a higher ...

They were just babies when they were cast as Rachel Greene and Ross Geller's daughter on the beloved 90s sitcom Friends. Now, decades later, twin sisters Alexandra and Athena Conley are college ...

Fly-whisks are used ritually to fan temple idols and sacred objects such as the Sikh holy book in gurudwaras, and are a ...

Smart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Via ...