Balinese Hindu devotees bathed in the holy springs at the water temple of Tirta Empul on Sunday during the Banyu Pinaruh ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

In 'My Head for a Tree', Martin Goodman relates the history of the Bishnoi and asks what a world facing climate change can ...

Celebrities from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to US actress Dakota Johnson have reportedly joined millions of pilgrims at ...

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

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

Although not an official visit, the arrival of the Vatican’s Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli trip to the ...

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

For him, the Kumbh represents an important opportunity to advertise himself as the man who will ... as the caretaker of Hindu traditions. Mr. Modi is expected to take his holy dip at the Maha ...

New Delhi, Jan 31 (EFE).- The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela surpassed the symbolic figure of 300 million holy baths since its beginning on Jan. 13 in northern India, according to data from the ...

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede on the most auspicious day of the six-week ...

open image in gallery A Hindu ‘holy’ man prepares to take a dip in the sacred waters of Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during Shahi Snan at the Maha ...