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

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

A Hindu devotee gets a sacred mark on his forehead after bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the ...

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

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

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

Officials have just announced that 30 people were killed and 60 were injured during the crush at Kumbh Mela festival. Of ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India -- As the sun rises over the ancient ... Over 45 days from mid-January, officials in this city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh expect to welcome about 400 million Hindu ...

A gathering as large as fifteen times Australia's population is underway in North India. But the history ... The mega spiritual festival, held every 12 years, attracts millions of devotees who ...

Days before India started its mammoth Kumbh Mela festival ... of the United States and Canada. The millennia-old sacred show of religious piety and ritual bathing is held once every 12 years ...

Kumbh Mela 2025 begins in India with millions of devotees taking ... each equal to 12 years on Earth – Kumbh Mela festival is held every 12 years in the four cities. An ardh or a half Kumbh ...

As many as 15 plays from countries including Russia, Hungary, Egypt, Iraq, Sri Lanka, and India will be showcased ... As a prelude to the festival, State Amateur Theatre Competition will be ...