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

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

Indian devotees converged on a river for a holy bath days after the tragic stampede that killed 30 individuals. Aerial ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful to Prayagraj in northern Uttar Pradesh state, but ...

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.

By Jose Kavi The Catholic bishops of India on January 30 offered prayers and Mass for the victims of a stampede at Maha Kumbh ...

Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...

Probe ordered after 30 deaths at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official ...

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...

At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha ...

A celebration of ritual bathing turned into a scene of tragedy.

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...