By Arun Srivastava Saffron ecosystem, especially the BJP leadership always strives to turn a Hindu festival into a political controversy. Every dispute adds to its membership and helps widen its ...

The winner of the 2025 Grammy Award for best new age, ambient or chant album — a category once dominated by Enya — was an ...

Through centuries, kings and poets alike had emphasised the importance of clean water; a paradox, considering the state of ...

On the day of my departure from New Delhi, I am sick. A sudden shift in weather has hit me with a cold. My mood is rather somber as the packed flight takes off for the city of Prayagraj by the banks ...

A naked Hindu holy man prepares food at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during ...

Nearly one-third of India's 1.4 billion plus population descended on the Maha Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu gathering held in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The number of people attending ...

Celebrate Masik Krishna Janmashtami 2025 on February 20. Check auspicious puja timings (12:00 AM to 1:00 AM), rituals, and ...

The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how ...

The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...

At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India's capital late Saturday when surging crowds scrambled ...

This display of Indian women’s most idiosyncratic garment — known as the sari — is, however, seen mostly when it is sun-dried ...

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