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Five-day Durga Puja to end today with immersion of idols

The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus community, will conclude today with the immersion of idols of goddess Durga across the country, amid due religious fervor and solemnity...

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Idols, hegemons and power games

MOLOCH, also known as Molech, was a deity worshipped by the ancient Canaanites and Phoenicians. The name is believed to derive from the Hebrew word ‘Melech,’ meaning ‘King.’ The worship of Moloch involved elaborate rituals, including the offering of children as burnt sacrifices. Archaeological evidence in Carthage, present-day Tunisia, as well as the Valley of Hinnom...