Krishna's briefing came nearly 18 hours after the stampede and was the first official death ... the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad ...

Devotees observe fasts and rituals, seeking spiritual purity and ... It is celebrated on the thirteenth day of the Shukla Paksha of the Hindu month of Magh, which this year falls on Monday ...

Mr. Yadav also accused the BJP government of insulting sanatani (timeless) tradition by asking the seers to postpone the ‘shahi snan’, a holy bath ritual performed during a unique celestial ...

At least 15 people are feared dead and many more injured in a stampede as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take ritual baths in ... thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive ...

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...

The late release of casualty figures at the gathering of millions of people was seen as shielding the political fortunes of a ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash ... believe it confers salvation from the cycle of birth and death, in addition to absolution of sins.

The incident came to light a day ago when the brothers put up a notice informing the local residents of the death of Gopan Swami ... performed the final rituals based on their father’s instructions.

Maha Kumbh Mela involves a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at the point where the mythical Saraswati river is believed to meet the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.

A stampede near the Sangam Ghat before dawn killed at least 30 people and left 60 injured, with the death toll expected to rise further. The Maha Kumbh is a Hindu ... for the ritual bath was ...

A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many ...