The bathing ritual assumed special significance as it came days after a stampede during the previous 'Amrit Snan' on Mauni ...

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

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.

The pilgrims come and go as strangers. They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, ...

Train and bus stations saw a surge in crowds as people continued to arrive for the festival, although some devotees remained ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious congregation. People take a series of ritual baths at the confluence ...

The confluence of the 3 holy rivers of India in Prayagraj has its own importance and can influence different aspects of your life and cosmic journey. The heavenly Ganges is known for its spiritual ...

Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dip in the Ganga river in Haridwar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Tuesday. "Taking Maa Ganga's blessing on Makar Sankranti festival," he said in ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ... with more than 15 million pilgrims bathing in the holy rivers, according to officials. Over about the next six weeks, the festival is ...

Authorities have built a sprawling tented city on the river banks to accommodate the holy men, pilgrims and tourists visiting the festival. The government has shelled out more than US$765 million for ...

Join our Whatsapp channel PRAYAGRAJ: Naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the waters of “sacred rivers” in India on Tuesday, part of a large crowd of 35 million devotees who ...

For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding your family and clothes after the chilly dip. Millions of people are ...