On the second day of his Kashi visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a road show from Bareka on Wednesday morning in his parliamentary constituency, greeting the people of Kashi and BJP workers and ...

Badrinath Temple, one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines, has long prohibited the blowing of conch shells — a rarity among Indian temples. Rooted in a legend of Lord Vishnu sparing Goddess Lakshmi’s ...

From its divine origin story to the mystery of the eternal lamp, here are key facts and beliefs linked to Badrinath Dham and ...

Ancient beliefs and mountain science come together to explain why blowing a shankh (conch shell) remains forbidden at the ...

A disturbing incident at a municipal hospital in Airoli, Navi Mumbai, has triggered widespread concern after a video surfaced online showing a man blowing a conch shell just outside the Intensive Care ...

Balendra Shah took oath on Friday, choosing Ram Navami, with 7 conch shells blown, 108 batuks reciting Swasti and 108 Buddhist monks reciting Ashtamangala. The Prime Minister of a 'secular' state is ...

It’s not every day you hear music from a seashell. But in Key West, it’s tradition. More than two dozen hopefuls puckered up for the 63rd Annual “Conch Honk” Saturday. Their mission? Blow the judges ...

A travelling musician and teacher turned cultural revolutionary became an icon in his new home of Brixton in England, where his activism combined with his height and powerful build, distinctive ...

KEY LARGO — The Key Largo Branch Library will present a conch shell-blowing class at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13. The public is invited to participate. Shell World has provided 15 conch shell horns for ...

Contemporary Key West is full of fascinating people and quirky characters. Everyone, it seems, has a story. There’s the man who abandoned a thriving corporate empire to become a “trop-rock” ...

Archaeologists have played shell trumpets from Neolithic Catalonia, revealing they were highly effective for long-distance communication and possibly among the earliest musical instruments in Europe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oddly shaped conch shells found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back 6,000 years could have served as technology for ...