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President Murmu takes holy dip at Maha Kumbh; lakhs of devotees gather amid challenges
President Droupadi Murmu took a holy dip in the Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela here on Monday, calling it a ...
Hundreds join an order of naked, armed holy men at Hindu festival
Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...
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Andhra minister Nara Lokesh backs action against TTD employees, says "no second thought about it"
After Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) initiated action against employees adhering to non-Hindu religious practices while ...
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Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
everything goes to a waste,” says priest Shiv Kumar Pandey. A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions ...
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...