Scholarly sources describe Gandharfva Vivah as a marriage solemnised solely by mutual consent and desire, often secret, requiring no rituals, witnesses, or parental approval. It was viewed as a union ...

Women in the country have struggled for centuries for their rights, freedom and ownership. It seems history has been quite unfair to the women. From various rituals to ancient texts, everything was ...

For centuries, Indian women were forbidden from chanting Vedic Mantras, especially in public, out of fear the power of the religious verses might cause menstrual problems and difficulties in bearing ...

KOCHI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two women defied a centuries-old ban on entering a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala on Wednesday, sparking protests and calls for a strike by conservative Hindu ...