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

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

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

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India ... occurs every three years, rotating among four locations – Haridwar in northern Uttarakhand state, Ujjain ...

The festival is held every 12 years at the confluence of sacred rivers. A stampede occurred as people rushed to take part in a bathing ritual at the festival early Wednesday. In images from the ...

Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas brings you some sights from the festival: The devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and the mythical ...

Lohri, the vibrant harvest festival of North India, is more than just a celebration ... Sharing warm wishes, heartfelt messages, and vibrant images has become a significant part of the celebration.

India - January 13, 2025 Hindu devotees on Monday took a 'holy bath' on the first day of the Kumbh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati, in the ...

politicians and celebrities take sacred dips at the convergence of two holy rivers in India. The religious festival, called the Maha Kumbh Mela, happens every 12 years on the banks of the Ganges ...