The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

Ten Hindu pilgrims killed in highway crash on way to Maha Kumbh festival - At least 19 people injured in accident in northern ...

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

began their ceremonial journey towards the Triveni Sangam — the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. By 10 a.m., several Akharas (monastic orders) had completed their bath ...

The Prime Minister held ‘rudraksh’ beads in his hand during the bathing ritual. Dressed in a deep orange jersey and blue lowers, Modi offered prayers to the sun and the Ganga amid the chanting ...

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious ...

India says 420m pilgrims have visited Hindu mega-festival India's government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world's largest religious festival, ...

According to the Hindu mythology, on this sacred day, Lord Vishnu resides in the River Ganga and therefore it is strongly believed that by mere touching the holy water of River Ganga, devotees can ...

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 ...

rushed to bathe in holy river waters on what is considered one of the most auspicious dates in the Hindu calendar. As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers, which ...

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 ...

The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela surpassed ... According to beliefs, a bath at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers, sacred to Hinduism, allows devotees to purify their ...