The Supreme Court has refused to entertain an appeal from a Goa-born Pakistani Catholic man, who sought a direction to the ...

The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea from a Goa-born Pakistani Catholic man seeking Indian citizenship under the CAA, as ...

The Kamakshi Temple in Goa is dedicated to Goddess Kamakhya, associated with tantric religions. Visit anytime of the year. Open from 5:30 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Located near ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in a statement ... Deadly crushes occur regularly at religious festivals across India, where large crowds often gather in small areas. In January, at least ...

Here, in north Goa’s Bicholim taluka, is the Shree Lairai Devi temple, where every year in April or May, people flock for rituals that culminate in the lighting of a bonfire from which coals are ...

The beauty of these cultural festivals in Goa is that they each reflect a different slice of the 'susegad' life through a variety of beliefs and rituals.

The incident has drawn national attention to one of the state's most iconic religious events. A stampede during the Lairai Devi jatra in Shirgaon, North Goa, left at least six people dead and over ...

"Devotees were witnessing a religious ceremony and the frenzy caused during the rituals triggered a stampede," V.S. Chadonkar, a police officer in Goa's state capital, Panjim, said. Chadonkar said ...