The holiday is the day of the full moon, called Purnima, in the Hindu month of Shravan. It traditionally celebrates sibling ...

Varalakshmi Vratam, a cherished Hindu festival predominantly celebrated in South India, honors Goddess Varalakshmi, a form of ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organisers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India ...

India is a land of temples where each town has preserved the ancient structures found here and continues to live through its ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Three people were killed and more than a dozen hospitalized Sunday following a sudden crowd surge and stampede at a popular Hindu festival in eastern India, local authorities said.

The water, scooped up from the holy river Ganges, is destined for the pilgrims’ local temples. And the precious cargo must be treated delicately: spilling a single drop, or touching another person ...

A crowd surge at a popular Hindu temple in northern India has left at least six people dead and dozens others injured, local ...

India’s past leaders have capitalized on the festival to strengthen their relationship with the country’s Hindus, who make up nearly 80% of India’s more than 1.4 billion people.

India’s past leaders have capitalized on the festival to strengthen their relationship with the country’s Hindus, who make up nearly 80% of India’s more than 1.4 billion people.

Hindu holy men walk in a procession a day before the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival, at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, in Prayagraj, India, Sunday ...