Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...
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City's cremated Hindus will finally find moksha
The Ganges River, which flows through several Indian states, is considered an embodiment of all sacred waters in Hindu mythology. Revered as the most holy river in Hinduism, the Ganges is believed to ...
Several Killed in Stampede at Religious Gathering of 100 Million Pilgrims
Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.
India’s Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering, by the numbers
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...
In pictures: India's Kumbh Mela festival draws millions to the banks of the Ganges
According to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, the most important ...
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Fire tears through tents at India's mega Hindu festival but causes no injuries
Images from the sprawling tent city at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers showed smoke billowing ...
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The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna. The faithful believe that a dip in their waters will cleanse them of their past sins and end their process of reincarnation ...