Mount Athos is home to twenty monasteries where only monks are allowed to live and only males are allowed to visit, women are ...

The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

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Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. Sadhus making space for Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of an akhara to perform the first snan In January 2013, the Mahakumbh Mela was ...

Trump's executive order declares sex as "an individual's immutable biological classification as either male or female" and states that "gender identity" cannot be included in the definition of ...

Unlike their male counterparts, who can remain Digambara (naked), female Naga Sadhus wear a single piece of unstitched saffron cloth, known as “Ganti,” and are required to apply a Tilak on ...

But it also appears to get the science majorly wrong — to the point that it seems, according to some scientists, to have accidentally declared that all Americans are now female. According to ...

Sex' shall refer to an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female," Trump's executive order declares. "'Female' means a person belonging, at conception ...

The inclusion of women in the Akharas represents a growing recognition of their role in spiritual life, with some Akharas even creating distinct spaces for female monks. A key player in this movement ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...