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

A video spread online shows an annual stone-pelting ritual in northern India, contrary to claims by social media posts that ...

India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip on Wednesday at the world's largest religious ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as ...

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck visits India for the Maha Kumbh Mela. The visit underscores the strong ...

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

A deadly stampede at a Hindu festival in India is causing many to wonder how to effectively manage massive events.

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.

Throngs of devotees at the world's biggest religious gathering bathed in Indian rivers on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede ...

Indian officials downplayed a deadly stampede at the world's largest religious festival because they wanted to protect the public image of a potential successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, analys ...

NEW DELHI, January 31. /TASS/. At least seven people were killed, and more than 10 were injured in another stampede at the Kumbh Mela religious festival on January 29 in the northern Indian state of ...

The tragedy occurred on Jan. 29 between 1am and 2am as throngs of devotees broke through barricades in an attempt to get to a triangular land mass known as the Sangam Nose, which is sandwiched between ...