Celebrities from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to US actress Dakota Johnson have reportedly joined millions of pilgrims at ...

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...

Modi took a ritual bath on a visit to the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after a deadly crush at the world's largest gathering.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a dip in Hindu holy waters ...

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

Indian police confirmed that 30 people had been killed and dozens more injured nearly 18 hours after the stampede.

Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Grieving families cremated their loved ones while others cared for their injured relatives in ...

Hindu devotees take holy dips at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river, during the ... Sufi Aroro took a holy bath at the Triveni Sangma with ...

According to sacred texts, the waters of the holy Ganges River transform into nectar on Mauni Amavasya, making it the most auspicious occasion for a ritualistic bath.

As per the Hindu scriptures, it is believed that on the auspicious day of Mauni Amavasya, the water in the holy river of Ganges turns nectar. Therefore on this day devotees from far and wide take a ...

"I always wanted to come here and take a holy dip in the River Ganges. I have fulfilled that wish ... Maha Kumbh, which began on January 13, will continue until February 26. The next key bathing dates ...