A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

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Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...

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The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for ...

(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Hindus bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical ... mercenary armies who generally revere Hinduism’s Lord Shiva. Sri Digambar Ishwargiri ...

Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna. The faithful believe ... Indian civilization is inseparable from Hinduism, although critics say the party's philosophy ...

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, and the mythical Saraswati.

The mega spiritual gathering has seen pilgrims and sadhus (saints) from India and abroad converge on the banks of the Sangam - the sacred confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical ...