The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

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PRAYAGRAJ, India — At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...

For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for ...

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...

The third 'Amrit Snan' at the Maha Kumbh proceeded smoothly on Monday with lakhs of people taking a dip on the occasion of ...

Days after the deadly stampede that ikilled 30 people, thousands of devotees, including sadhus, began the third ‘Amrit Snan’ at the Maha Kumbh on the festival of Basant Panchami, February 3, amid a ...

In Maha Kumbh, Prayagraj, close to 30,000 people are being served free meals daily. Arrangements have been made to feed the crowd from morning till night at various bhandaras (langar) in the event.

Over 12.5 million devotees participated in the final Shahi Snan of Mahakumbh at Prayagraj, coinciding with Basant Panchami ...