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.

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Ratha Saptami is a significant Hindu festival celebrated on the seventh day of the Shukla Paksha in the Magha month, honoring ...

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For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...

Its origin lies in the Hindu lore that the gods spilled four drops of the nectar ... loudspeakers announced the start of Mauni Amavasya, drawing even more devotees towards Sangam.

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims took dips in the freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first major bathing day of the Maha ...

A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja ... to a deft exploration of what Hinduism actually means as a faith. Drawing on the lives of missionaries, maharajas and men of the Dutch ...

More than 100 people were killed in a stampede in northern India in July 2024 following a Hindu religious gathering, making ...