Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

Around 2,000BC, Shun, an ancient Chinese leader, ascended to the throne and led his followers in a worship ceremony to honour ...

Colourful costumes and high hopes at Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, as devotees burn first incense sticks of Year of the ...

(NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA) Every year, people in Nepal and various South Asian countries including India, worship snakes on Nag Panchami. While the festival holds religious and cultural significance ...