The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher ... of three sacred rivers ...

More than 400 million pilgrims are expected to travel to Prayagraj city to bathe at the confluence of Hinduism’s three most holiest rivers – the Ganga, Yamuna ... that the god Vishnu seized ...

Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva ... at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in the northern ...

Then there is the large red vertical mark, or names of various Hindu gods written in Hindi and English. Hindu priest Pandey, who sits cross-legged at a nearby stretch of the riverbank, can apply ...

Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers ... various strands of Hinduism also offered free ...

Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims with gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ... tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden ...

The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction ... the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ...