Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended on Wednesday the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India and immersed ...

Taken together with the 69 fatalities recorded at the Motilal Nehru Medical College, the death toll from the Maha Kumbh ...

As the BJP’s obsession with conformity gathers pace, it is challenged by India’s defiant nature and lived heterogeneity.

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on ...

The Kumbh festival is named after the celestial pitcher or “kumbha” that held the much coveted “amrita,” the nectar of immortality. In Hindu mythology, during what is known as the Age of Truth, the ...

India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip today at the world’s largest religious ...

The 13 Akharas, the main attraction of this Mahakumbh, performed their Amrit Snan with religious pomp and show, with Naga Sadhus stealing the show as usual.

Modi takes a holy dip at Kumbh Mela, a week after a deadly stampede killed 30 and injured nearly 100 in Prayagraj. #KumbhMela ...

Modi took a ritual bath on a visit to the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after a deadly crush at the world's largest gathering.