Bathing occurs daily, but on the most auspicious dates, Naga Sadhus, Hindu ascetics, head into the holy rivers at dawn. Ava Poonawala, a resident of Mumbai, India, made the journey not as a pilgrim, ...

Tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive ... In July at least 116 people died, most of them women and children, when thousands at a religious gathering in ...

About 30 million people had taken the holy bath by 8 a.m. on ... most of them women and children, when thousands at a religious gathering in northern India stampeded at a tent in Hathras town.

which is the largest religious congregation on Earth PRAYAGRAJ, India -- Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh ...

Hours after a massive rush of Hindu pilgrims set off a stampede at the event in northern India early on Wednesday, Indian authorities were yet to release casualty figures – even as the Prime Minister ...

More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering ... that killed 115 people, mostly women and children, on Oct. 13, 2013.