Earlier this year, all roads led to Prayagraj, which hosted the ‘Mahakumbh 2025’. An event that happens once in 144 years, ...

Nepal's Supreme Court has ruled that naked Hindu holy men need not wear clothes to attend a revered temple, declaring that their age-old tradition of nudity is not obscenity. The ash-smeared and ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

After riding high on the global success of Netflix’s prison drama “Black Warrant,” Indian actor Rahul Bhat is set to present his Hollywood debut “Lost & Found in Kumbh” at the Cannes Film Market. The ...

NEW DELHI — Large crowds turned out in northern India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela that drew a total of 663 million people seeking absolution of their sins by taking a ...

“Next month I’m planning to spend a couple of weeks in London.” It is commonplace for such declarations to be made in Delhi’s posh clubs and cafés. Banyan, however, overheard this plan on a packed ...

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into the ...

The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over. January 29th was peak ...

Naga Sadhus gathered at the Maha Kumbh to pledge their commitment to environmental sustainability. The event was spearheaded by Shipra Pathak, known as the Water Woman, who emphasized the need for ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform rituals intended to purify the soul. Pilgrims showing photographs of their ...

LUCKNOW, India — More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern India during a span of four hours on Wednesday, authorities said, as they ...