To participate, people travel from all over India and the world to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, a sacred site that is also said to be the end point of a mythical third river ...

India's Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, began Monday, January 13, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River. The festival, held every 12 years, is one 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 ...

The millennia-old Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing -- and a logistical challenge of staggering proportions -- is held at the site where the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ...

Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the ... with giant billboards and posters all over the city ...

Photograph by Paul Salopek Plastics and other pollution mix with offerings of flowers in the sacred Ganges River in Varanasi ... and impressive driftwood art, to notice the turtle in a front ...

A fully equipped Medical Aid Post (MAP) Class 1 is operational at the Mela ... The sacred meeting point of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers. It is the most revered site at the Kumbh ...

(Relevance: The Ganges River dolphin is important for the UPSC CSE as it is the national aquatic animal of India. Additionally, UPSC has previously asked questions about it.) 1. The tagging exercise ...

Sorry, Hollywood. Indie studios have officially taken over the poster game. Of the 25 films listed below, I can count the number of legacy studios on one hand (even ...

Posters and flex boards put up in parts of the city featured an incomplete map of India, omitting parts of Ladakh, sparking a political firestorm. BJP and its ally JD(S) launched a scathing attack ...