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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndia goddesses

Topic: India goddesses

Tree trunk to stone to human face—how deity worship evolved in Hinduism

In the presentation, titled ‘Aniconic to the Iconic’, Jawhar Sircar explained how the evolution of a deity in Hinduism also alters the ways in which it is worshipped.

Delhi book event asks to revisit ancient texts—goddesses have been sanitised by modern ideals

The authors of the book, ‘Birthing the Goddess: The Feminine and the Idea of Birth’, discussed the veneration of goddesses in their divine forms versus the often lower regard for women in their human forms.

Sikotar Mata, Loteshwar, British anchor—deities & culture of worship on Saurashtra coastline

During his lecture at the India International Centre, Dr Anirudh Gaur mentioned that he found 13 idols of goddesses along Goa coast. Two of them are worshipped even today.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.