Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
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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Fire burns through multiple tents at Maha Kumbh festival but causes no injuries
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city, officials said Sunday.
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Spectacular free festival will see Leicester 'come alive with light'
Other standouts performers include a dance Nupur Arts inspired by the Hindu festival of Holi, an illuminated bicycle ride, and a performance by French street theatre company Compagnie des Quidams ...
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Fire tears through tents at India’s mega Hindu festival but causes no injuries
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city, officials said Sunday.
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Devotees prepare traditional rice dish for Thai Pongal Hindu festival in Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka - January 14, 2025 Tamil Hindu devotees and priests in Colombo prepared a traditional rice dish known as 'Pongal' on Tuesday in celebration of the Thai Pongal Hindu festival.
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Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
Millions of Hindu pilgrims followed them into the confluence. The Maha Kumbh festival - held every 12 years - started Monday, with more than 15 million pilgrims bathing in the holy rivers ...
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Meet actress whose father is Muslim, mother taught importance of Hindu festivals, ex husband was…, her name is…
She reveals that while her father is Muslim and her mother is Hindu, she celebrated all festivals with her family during her childhood. Many of her fond childhood memories are associated with ...
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Dreadlocked Hindu ascetics take holy dip in rivers across north India for Maha Kumbh Mela festival
The festival is expected to attract more than 400 million people. The Kumbh originates in a Hindu belief that four drops of the nectar of immortality fell to earth, one in Prayagraj, during a ...