August is the most important month in the Hindu calendar. Full of devotion, fasts, and colourful celebrations, India ...

A tragic stampede at a Barabanki temple resulted in fatalities and injuries. This incident highlights a concerning trend of ...

Three people have died in a stampede during a religious festival in eastern India. Numerous visitors to the Rath Yatra chariot festival in the city of Puri were also injured, broadcaster NDTV and ...

Three people have been killed and more than a dozen hospitalized following a sudden crowd surge at a popular Hindu festival in eastern India’s coastal town of Puri.

Panguni Uthiram is not the only religious festival in India where such extreme acts of devotion are performed. During Gajan, a pre-harvest festival in India’s West Bengal, men pierce themselves ...

Hindu devotees cheer as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) ...

A priest sprays colored powder and water on devotees during celebrations of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025.

The money from the pockets of Indian devotees is overflowing from the donation boxes in temples and spilling onto the travel industry.

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern India’s Prayagraj city, where millions of Hindus are ...

India (MNN) — On Wednesday, more than 30 people were killed and 60-plus injured in a religious festival stampede in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.

Nearly 40 people werekilled in India 's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesdayand several others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the MahaKumbh Mela - a Hindu religious festival touted to ...

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede.