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

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...

new video loaded: Stampede Breaks Out During Major ... India, for the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, but thousands were trampled after crowds surged toward the confluence of two rivers.

gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das Hari Kumar reported from Prayagraj, India, and Anupreeta Das from New Delhi. At least 30 people ...

The new mega-dam in Medog county over the Yarlung Zangbo will dwarf even the Three Gorges Dam ... The water of the ...

Hindu devotees pray before taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India on January 13 ...

Ankit Srinivas Sangam in Prayagraj is the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with Yamuna and the mythical invisible Saraswati For festival-goers, a major attraction is the presence of ...

Sacred River Faces Industrial Transformation The Siang River, considered sacred by the Adi tribal community in Arunachal Pradesh, is at the center of a heated controversy. India plans to construct its ...

Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims are taking dips in sacred rivers in ... rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a series of major baths in the ...

Ganges River, India The Ganges holds both spiritual and ... particularly during the Three Kingdoms period. The river has served as a transportation route, a source of agriculture, and the ...

especially during its alignment with major astrological transits. The Astrological Impact of Bathing in Sacred Waters Astrologers often suggest that bathing in these rivers during auspicious times ...