Every 12 years, hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in northern India for a ritual bath at the confluence of the ...

The Maha Kumbh festival, celebrated every 144 years, was praised for its spiritual significance despite political ...

The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...

At least 30 people were killed and another 60 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival, a six-week Hindu festival and ...

Students on motorcycles and scooters are capitalizing on the Kumbh Mela festival by providing ad-hoc taxi services for ...

Ancient mythology and planetary alignments draw Hindu holy men and pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh festival, but it's cutting edge ...

More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...

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PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of water in a clockwise swirl. Others surround him, with some holding the ...

NEW DELHI– A stampede at New Delhi Railway Station on the night of February 15 left at least 18 people dead, including five ...