:: “It’s been a life-changing experience and once-in-a-lifetime experience. I will never forget this forever and it was very organized till the point we had to take the bath then it was maddening. But ...

Tens of thousands of people immersed themselves in freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers as the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela festival began in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

According to religious beliefs, taking a holy dip in the Ganga on Chaitra Amavasya cleanses sins committed knowingly or unknowingly and brings prosperity and good fortune.

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform rituals intended to purify the soul. Pilgrims showing photographs of their ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a ...

A large number of devotees gathered at Haridwar's Ganga ghats for a holy dip ahead of a lunar eclipse. The ritual observance began during the sutak kaal, forcing temple doors to close early. Devotees ...