As per the latest recorded data on 4 February, faecal coliform levels in the Ganges surged after a major bathing event at the ...

Every 12 years, hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in northern India for a ritual bath at the confluence of the ...

India’s traditional open-air laundries, known as dhobi ghats ... In Hindi, dhobi means washerman, and ghats are landing or steps leading to the river for bathing or washing. They are part of India’s ...

The pre-dawn crowd crush took place about 1km from the confluence in Prayagraj, where the Ganges ... to take a holy bath on Wednesday morning said they pleaded with police to open barricaded ...

A six-year-old boy, Rohan, walks hand in hand with his mother through the dense crowd at the MahaKumbh Spiritual Confluence.

It was the ultimate shame on a Hindutva mascot who wanted to climb the political ladder by riding on an ancient religious event.

the biggest bathing festival of the 45-day Mahakumbh-2025, scheduled for Wednesday. A pilgrim performs rituals before taking a holy dip in the Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat during the ongoing ...

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

the point where India's most sacred Ganges River meets the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers. Quiet bathing away from the crowded Sangam Bathing has been going on at smaller river banks ...

Ritual bathing continues at various sites along the Ganges and Yamuna rivers even as ... They added that nearly 200 million people have bathed in the river since the beginning of the festival ...

Prayagraj (India) (AFP) – A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that ... of the rituals is bathing in the holy ...