An 11-year-old student was killed in a sacrificial black magic ritual performed by the owners of his school to make it more “prosperous,” according to reports. The boy was allegedly kidnapped from a ...

Once practiced in certain parts of India, Sati was a ritual where a widow would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, seen as an act of ultimate devotion. Rooted in patriarchal notions of ...

Originating in North America, the blossoms have become central to Hindu rituals in India. Once revered by the Aztecs, marigolds also feature prominently in Hindu rituals across India. Photographed on ...

Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...