Kalash Sthapana, also known as Ghatasthapana, marks the sacred start of the Navratri festival, inviting Goddess Durga's divine energy into your home through a beautifully decorated pot symbolizing ...

Businessman Sudhir Kumar Jain, who brought the kalash daily for worship, reported the theft. He revealed that the thief disguised himself in religious attire to blend in with the crowd and made away ...

“Every week we get threats from people who ask us to abandon our traditions,” says Fida, a resident of Bamorat village of the Kalash Valley in Chitral. This is one of the realities that the Kalash ...

The Kalash holds deep symbolism in Hindu rituals, representing abundance, prosperity, and spiritual purity. It is filled with water from the sacred Ganga river, symbolizing the divine energy that ...

In a brazen theft, a gold-plated 'kalash' (ornamental urn) valued at around Rs 40 lakh was stolen from the spire of a Jain temple located in Jyoti Nagar, northeast Delhi. The stolen kalash, made of ...

Kalash women continues to be the victim of malnutrition due to poverty and the rigid religious beliefs which force them to abstain from eating a number of food items known for being rich sources of ...

The chants of ‘Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Shakti Rupen Sansthita, Namastasye, Namastasye Namastasye, Namo Namah’ and ‘Om Namah Chandikaye’ rent the air as Patnaites joined the millions of people in the ...

“Had it been true, today you would not have found me attired in this outfit,” Syed Gul points towards her typical Kalash dress when asked about the issue of forced conversion of Kalash people to Islam ...

High in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, scattered villages hold one of the world’s most imperiled religious minorities, the Kalash. Daud Khattak, a correspondent with RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, visited ...

The Kalash are a non-indigenous tribe with a distinct culture, religion, and way of life living for centuries in District Chitral. Where they come from has been an enigma for centuries. The first ...