A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of Prayagraj for the ...

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 ...

The grandeur of Kumbh Mela 2025 is unmatched. But among the millions of devotees, two special seekers have travelled across the world to be here—Americans on a quest for spiritual enlightenment. These ...

A day after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh left 30 people dead, the Uttar Pradesh government ramped up efforts to ensure crowd management and safety of devotees who continued to flock here in millions ...

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a ...

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

After a crowd crush killed dozens of people at the world's largest religious gathering, questions have been raised about security and crowd control at massive events in India.

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India ’s ...

The Maha Kumbh mela has come as a boon for the hospitality sector and airlines with profits expected to firm up amid soaring ...

In the polluted waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi, a community of divers faces the challenge of both pollution and uncertainty as they strive t ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary.