PRAYAGRAI, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela festival ... in central India where the Ganges river meets the Jamuna river. According to both ancient mythology and modern astronomy, as the planets align every 12 years ...

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati, on Vasant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, ...

BIG RAPIDS — Ferris State University’s 35th annual International Festival of Cultures is set to bring a diverse celebration of global traditions, performances and cuisine to Big Rapids The festival ...

Every year, in the coldest depths of the winter ... The 65th annual University of Chicago Folk Festival brings two nights of concerts to Mandel Hall, plus free workshops and dance instruction ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

An education festival was held at the Ainavilli temple in Konaseema district, where a special prayer was offered by placing one lakh pens at the feet of Lord Vigneswara. The event, marking Magha ...

Bathing at the festival, which began on Jan. 13 and will conclude on Feb. 26, takes place every day, but on the most auspicious dates, Hindu ascetics charge toward the holy rivers at dawn.