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

Report suggests 79 pilgrims died in Kumbh Mela stampede, far exceeding official toll - Opposition leaders accuse state ...

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

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 ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as ...

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious ...

It is heartbreaking to witness such a calamity during a sacred event that draws millions in devotion,” Cardinal Filipe Neri ...

A deadly stampede at a Hindu festival in India is causing many to wonder how to effectively manage massive events.

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India ...

At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, ...

Hindu pilgrim Parvati Gupta braved jostling crowds to be at the world's largest religious festival in India but will leave ...

Indian officials downplayed a deadly stampede at the world's largest religious festival because they wanted to protect the public image of a potential successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, analys ...