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Experience the nostalgia and warmth of the 45th Saptak festival in Ahmedabad, a celebration of classical music and dance.

It is often referred to as the "festival of festivals" and a major event in the Hindu calendar. Hindu pilgrims arrive to take a dip in Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ...

Bathing at the festival, which began on Jan. 13 and will conclude on Feb. 26, takes place every day, but on the most auspicious dates, Hindu ascetics charge toward the holy rivers at dawn.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies. Pilgrims taking a ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

Recommended Videos Wednesday was a sacred day in the six-week Hindu festival, and authorities expected a record 100 million devotees to engage in a ritual bath at the confluence of the Ganges ...

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

Credit: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh Money being spent on the festival and its infrastructure. Uttar Pradesh state is governed by Yogi Adityanath — an influential Hindu monk and a popular hard-line ...

The festival is held every 12 years at the ... Uttar Pradesh state, headed by Adityanath — a powerful Hindu monk and a popular hard-line Hindu politician in Modi’s party — has allocated ...