An ancient figurine of a female deity, once held in the collection of longtime Met donor and trustee Shelby White, has been ...

Common variations include visualizing the deity in the act of sexual union with a consort ... Although some today extol Tantra's liberating qualities, the role of women remains controversial.

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ...

It is quite common, furthermore, to identify sakti with a female being, a goddess, and to identify the other pole with her male consort. The two poles are usually understood to be interdependent and ...

Part of the violent opposition to the Supreme Court order to reverse the temple's historical ban on women is because protesters feel the ruling goes against the wishes of the deity, Lord Ayappa ...