Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as ...

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 ...

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

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

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

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

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 ...

Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers where they will take part ...

Indian farmer Govind Singh travelled for nearly two days by train to reach what he believes is the “land of the gods” – just ...

Discover the spiritual depth and ancient traditions of Mauni Amavasya, a sacred day for self-reflection, fasting, and holy ...

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 ...