Indian festivals are synchronized with astrological events, harnessing celestial energies for spiritual purposes. Key ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government will organise ‘India-Nepal Friendship Festival’ from February 5 to 23 to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries, an official said on Friday. The ...

NEW DELHI — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering.

Prayagraj (India) (AFP) – Journeying across India ... to the northern city of Prayagraj for the Kumbh Mela, a six-week festival of worship and ritual bathing meant to cleanse the faithful ...

Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.

The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India has risen to at least 30. State authorities said at least 30 people were killed and 60 were injured in the pre-dawn stampede at ...

At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, ...

“The government should make better arrangements to meet the needs of common devotees,” Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi wrote on social platform X. The 45-day festival is a significant cu ...