According to tradition, the participants symbolically marry Lord Aravan, wearing the thali mangalsutra, only to mourn as ...

The annual gathering at Koovagam is rooted in an ancient poem. Five trans attendees talk about what the event means to them in light of a controversial change to the country’s gender recognition law ...

Thousands of transgender women participated in the Koothandavar festival, reenacting the Mahabharata legend by marrying and ...

Bride-to-be Raegan Horak said that she and her fiancé were excited to get married at Covered Bridge Venue before an EF-1 ...

At Tamil Nadu’s Koovagam festival, thousands of transgender women transitioned from symbolic brides to widows in a ritual mourning Lord Aravan’s sacrifice from the Mahabharata. The 18-day event blends ...

The Koovagam festival in Tamil Nadu draws thousands of transgender women each year to symbolically marry the deity Aravan, inspired by a Mahabharata legend. The celebration lasts one night, after ...

Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., Free Expression columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon and editors Emma Camp and Mary Julia Koch discuss religion, patriotism and the advent of AI. Photo: WSJ ...

The Duchess of Sussex shared her take about what the bride should prioritize Ben STANSALL / various sources / AFP via Getty; Cameron Spencer/Getty Meghan Markle shared wedding advice with a bride ...

A wedding dress code may have been the final straw — or in this case, a $6.99 black, silk necktie. A 2026 bride on TikTok has gone viral after sharing a text exchange with her aunt that escalated from ...

This Olympian’s reaction to his bride didn’t track with the internet — now, social media savages are having a field day roasting him. Noah Lyles, 28, a heavily decorated track and field sprinter, ...

A British bride has battled depression and has been unable to work in the nearly two years since she was drenched in black paint by her spiteful sister-in-law. The attack occurred moments before she ...

Meghan Markle shared some advice for a bride ahead of her wedding during her trip to Australia. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, offered her take in a fan footage shared to Instagram Stories on April 23, ...