Across the approximately 35,000 sq km of the Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, an unsustainable level of human intervention has ...

Nearly 15 million Hindus, six times the number expected, took a dip in freezing waters seeking absolution of their sins on ...

Thousands or people are seen bathing in Uttar Pradesh, India on January 13 for the Mahakumbh Mela festival, held once every 12 years. Crowds gather at the Triveni Sangam, where the rivers Ganges, ...

About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...

Hindus believe bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers will cleanse them of their sins.

Millions of Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on earth.

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

Spirituality and astrology, culture and religion, tradition and modern-day technology, it all fused into one in the ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters yesterday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organizers expecting 400 million people – the largest gathering of humanity.