A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s ...

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

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for ...

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

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...

A Russian citizen by birth, Atma Prem Giri Maharaj, converted to Hinduism around 30 years ago ... the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — in Prayagraj, Uttar ...

The mega spiritual gathering has seen pilgrims and sadhus (saints) from India and abroad converge on the banks of the Sangam - the sacred confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical ...

The Maha Kumbh is a significant festival in Hinduism, attracting crores of devotees from across ... It is believed that bathing in the holy confluences of Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers, on ...

He learned about Hinduism about thirty years ago and has ... the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati.

This sacred confluence of three rivers – the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati – is deeply rooted in Hindu spirituality and mythology, making it a central location for one of the ...

The Mahakumbh Mela is one of the major pilgrimages that Hinduism has. The event is a confluence of spirituality ... To maintain the sanctity and cleanliness of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers, three ...