Dreadlocked ascetics take ‘royal bath’ in holy festival
Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India yesterday, ...
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Millions take dip in rivers at Kumbh festival
PRAYAGRAJ: Naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the waters of “sacred rivers” in India on Tuesday, part of a ...
Maha Kumbh festival in India sees 15 million Hindus take holy dip on first day
Officials had expected the first ritual dip to draw 2.5 million visitors, but the State Chief Minister says 15 million ...
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Kumbh Mela: India opens giant Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with ...
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India all set for grand Hindu festival
A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's ...
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Maha Kumbh Mela: A look at the gigantic pitcher festival
Touted as an event for spiritual purificationin Hinduism, Kumbh Mela takes place approximately every 12 years at four ...
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India readies for mammoth Hindu festival of 400 million pilgrims
The world's largest gathering of humanity begins in India on Monday with the opening of the Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu ...
One of the world’s greatest religious spectacles is underway and the numbers are staggering
Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern ...