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

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

Official figures suggest that over 400 million people have visited the Maha Kumbh Mela taking place in India. The Hindu event is the world’s largest religious festival.

Applied by Hindu priests using sandalwood paste, turmeric and sacred ashes ... In return, he places his hand on their heads as they bow to seek his blessings. According to Hindu scriptures ...

Read full article: Here are places to explore Black ... Saraswati rivers converge. Applied by Hindu priests using sandalwood paste, turmeric and sacred ashes, these strokes represent divine ...

The modern Hindu, whether he takes a dip at the Mahakumbh or not, prefers to go along with Sahir Ludhianvi’s famous ...

Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.

Hindu devotees have sacred marks reading 'Radhe' on their foreheads ... blankets. In return, he places his hand on their heads as they bow to seek his blessings. Sushila Chauhan wears a sacred ...

Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as if it were uprooted straight from India and transplanted to South ...

Supreme Court directs mapping of sacred groves in Rajasthan, transferring them to forest reserves, defying Forest Rights Act.