The photo of a Naga Sadhu — a Hindu ascetic — at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers ... two ...

Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...

The Maha Kumbh is a Hindu religious festival that is held once every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers ... the ideal time for the ritual bath was at dawn, so many of ...

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

Most of these sewage lines are right next to designated bathing areas ... The organisers care little for Hindu faith, spirituality or the health of the river Ganga. Can the Ganga survive another ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...

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 ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip ... meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna. Bathing takes place every day, but on the most auspicious dates, naked, ash-smeared monks charge toward ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar ... in a sin-cleansing ritual of bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in tandem ...