Millions of devotees across India are celebrating the Shivaratri festival that honors the Hindu god Shiva, one of the main ...

Efforts to clean the Yamuna river in Delhi involve coordination between departments, with BJP promising development akin to ...

Even for the world’s most-populous nation, the scale of a Hindu religious festival being held in India’s northern city of ...

The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...

Hindu devotees have sacred marks reading 'Radhe' on their foreheads at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj ...

Some of the zeitgeist reflects enduring belief mixing with increasing wealth. According to one survey, around 80% of Indians ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar ... in a sin-cleansing ritual of bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in tandem with a ...

NEW DELHI: On Monday, the Yamuna River cleanup project got underway in New Delhi ... She is a graduate in Science with ...

Crowds had swelled because trains carrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been ...

is ubiquitous to the millions of Hindu pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh festival in India's northern Prayagraj city, where faithful gather at the spot where the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

The festival also sees millions of Hindu women taking a dip in the waters, often draped in a sari. Saris have remained traditional dresses for women in India and other South Asian countries ...