Hindu holy men with their bodies smeared with ash stand beside ... For a few days it becomes the most populous city in the world where people gather and wade into the Ganges River to be cleansed of ...

One of the world's largest religious festivals starts today in India. The Kumbh Mela only happens every 12 years and more ...

The festival that attracts over 400 million people takes place where Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers meet.

The holy festival of Maha Kumbh Mela is celebrated once every 12 years, with devotees taking a dip in the waters where the ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at ...

More than 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to participate ... s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding ...

Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna. Bathing takes place every day, but on the most ...

Hindus believe bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers will cleanse them of their sins.