Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

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

PRAYAGRAJ, India -- The man appears in a silhouette after ... but on the most auspicious dates, Hindu ascetics charge toward the holy rivers at dawn. They are part of religious orders that were ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from ... Others surround him, with some holding the saffron flag of Hinduism, all repeating a centuries-old ritual that Hindus believe cleanses them ...