Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main ...
India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration ...
At least 400 million people are estimated to have attended the event, believed to be at least two millennia old and now ...
Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees have gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital to celebrate one of the country’s ...
Even for the world’s most-populous nation, the scale of a Hindu religious festival being held in India’s northern city of Prayagraj since mid-January is staggering. Surpassing previous numbers ...
The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...
The festival's success was paramount for Modi and Adityanath, whose fortunes are linked to support from India's one-billion-plus Hindus and, critics say, the marginalisation of its estimated 200 ...
Chants of “Om Linga, Om Linga” resonated as barefoot Hindu pilgrims, many balancing offering-filled baskets and clay pitchers ...
The festival is centered on ritual bathing that pilgrims believe will wash away sins and deliver salvation. It rotates among four locations where, according to Hindu belief, a drop of the nectar ...
Chants of “Om Linga, Om Linga” resonated as barefoot Hindu pilgrims, many balancing offering-filled baskets and clay pitchers ...