September 4, 2009 – 1:14 am
Devotees carry statues of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion in the sea on the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, India Thursday (September 3).
Clay statues of Ganesh are made two to three months before the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular religious festival in India.
The idols [...]
August 13, 2009 – 12:58 am
So much for chicken soup!
Fifty rabbis and Jewish mystics have reportedly taken to the skies over Israel in an attempt to ward the H1N1 swine flu virus away.
The group could be seen chanting prayers from the Kabbalah and blew shofars, the ceremonial ram horns, while circling Israel on Monday afternoon (August 10).
One rabbi tells the [...]
