NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city, officials said Sunday.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city, officials said Sunday.

Colombo, Sri Lanka - January 14, 2025 Tamil Hindu devotees and priests in Colombo prepared a traditional rice dish known as 'Pongal' on Tuesday in celebration of the Thai Pongal Hindu festival.

Millions of Hindu pilgrims followed them into the confluence. The Maha Kumbh festival - held every 12 years - started Monday, with more than 15 million pilgrims bathing in the holy rivers ...

The festival is expected to attract more than 400 million people. The Kumbh originates in a Hindu belief that four drops of the nectar of immortality fell to earth, one in Prayagraj, during a ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (India): Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters as the Kumbh Mela festival opened on Monday (Jan 13), with organisers expecting 400 million people -- the world's ...

Hindu ascetics arrive for a ritualistic dip at the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP ...