A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...

Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, joined by Senior Assistant Editor Soumya Pillai, discusses factors contributing to Yamuna’s ...

The ammonia levels in the Yamuna have risen to 7 ppm (parts per ... step out of fear of losing the upcoming elections. "In Hinduism, there is no bigger sin than stopping water.

Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna. The faithful believe ... Indian civilization is inseparable from Hinduism, although critics say the party's philosophy ...

It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the Maha Kumbh festival where devotees had congregated from across India to bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they ...

As far as the eye can see, tents alternate with large camps of Hindu congregations, whose garish entrances resemble a carnival with a Hinduism theme ... of the Ganges and Yamuna, near Prayagraj.

"I am a Christian, but I want to know more about Hinduism. To be a part of this Kumbh Mela is a ... with more than 10.80 crore taking the sacred plunge at the revered Ganga-Yamuna-Saraswati confluence ...

This gathering promotes Hinduism in a big way and brings peace to the mind and ... the confluence of the three holy rivers, the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati.