NEW DELHI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- India's mega Hindu festival, Maha Kumbh Mela, attracted a crowd of 663 million to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has formally concluded, officials said Thursday.
Blessed are those who snan (bathe) in the holy river during Kumbh. Their sins are washed off. And those who snan during Kumbh Shivaratri are doubly blessed; the sins of their ancestors are also ...
NEW DELHI: Large crowds turned out in northern India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela that drew ...
India's Kumbh Mela festival concluded on Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of ...
At the age of 11, Sunil Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gondo to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge ...
India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration ...
The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of ...
In posts criticizing Hindu devotees, social media users claim a video of a crowd breaking a fence and throwing slippers at ...
An interview featuring a Hindu monk has been misinterpreted online following a deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in ...
The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...
At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the six-week festival last month after tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters.