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

A video spread online shows an annual stone-pelting ritual in northern India, contrary to claims by social media posts that ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the ...

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...

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

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

Celebrating the timeless legacy of legendary filmmaker and actor Raj Kapoor, the Embassy of India in Yerevan, in ...

After arriving in the central Indian city of Prayagraj in late January, almost everyone I spoke to asked whether I had joined the millions of pilgrims submerging themselves each day to ritually ...

Nepal-India Ranga Mahotsav, a drama festival instrumental in strengthening and deepening friendly relations between the two ...

India’s government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world’s largest religious ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.