The earliest historical reference to people dying by suicide at the Sangam or confluence of the Yamuna and Ganga is by ...

When I was in India, I saw a great deal of cremation sites near the Ganges ... the remains were dumped into the river. I also saw “sky burial,” where the corpse is left on an elevated wooden ...

Morning rituals include bathing in the sacred Ganges River. Each Aghori chooses a deity ... such as meditating on corpses and consuming what society deems impure. This behavior is not merely ...

INDIA, May 16: Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been ... which it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in remote areas. Images of corpses drifting down the Ganges river, which is ...

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

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest ...

India's Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival. DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

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

At least 30 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world's biggest ...

Watch: Millions take a holy dip on day two of India's Mahakumbh Mela Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...