The Jyotirlingas are the most sacred sites for worshiping Lord Shiva and provide spiritual benefits such as liberation from ...

The Kumph Mela pilgrimage started around January 14, 2025 in the northern city of Praygraz in India with 15 million pilgrims ...

The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size -- and for the ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India early Wednesday, a doctor at a government hospital said.

A stampede during the massive Hindu pilgrimage of the Kumbh Mela left at least 15 people dead and many others injured in northern India. The leader of the Indian opposition condemned the authorities ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious ...

who comprise nearly 80% of India’s more than 1.4 billion people. Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are rooted in Hindu supremacy. The number of security personnel deployed at the pilgrimage site.