The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

Celebrities from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to US actress Dakota Johnson have reportedly joined millions of pilgrims at ...

A stampede has injured dozens of people as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the northern ...

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

Eyewitnesses and hospital sources have told the BBC that at least a dozen people have been killed in Wednesday morning's ...

Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred ...

Hindu devotees take holy dips at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river, during the ... Sufi Aroro took a holy bath at the Triveni Sangma with ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the ... confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna ...

At least 30 people were killed and dozens more were injured early Wednesday after millions of Hindu pilgrims at the Maha ...

Holy Bath: Taking a dip in sacred rivers like the ... River Ganga’s Descent: It is believed that on this day, the river Ganges descended from the heavens to purify the Earth, making bathing ...