For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as millions descended on this northeast Indian tent city, was it a disaster ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

At least 30 people were killed and many were injured at the world’s largest religious pilgrimage in northern India. Millions ...

Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern ...

A stampede during the massive Hindu pilgrimage of the Kumbh Mela left at least 15 people dead and many others injured in ...

This Hindu pilgrimage at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, touted as “the largest ever organized,” also serves ...

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...

While the politicisation of the Kumbh Mela is something one can understand, what really catches my attention is the criticism it faces from modern Indians.

PRAYAGRAJ, India — At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious ...