Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the ...

Deadly crowd incidents are 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.

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered at the confluence of ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is the second top official after Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer condolences to the ...

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

TV exposure has helped boost trade bookings for Uniworld Boutique River Cruises. The company reported a “phenomenal response” ...

Many were feared dead after millions of Hindu pilgrims at a huge Hindu festival in India rushed to bathe in holy river waters ...

Observing silence on Mauni Amavasya and bathing in the Ganga is believed to purify the soul and bring inner calm. At Maha ...

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

At least seven people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious festival in India, a gathering where millions take part in rituals and offer ...

Mauni Amavasya, also known as Maghi Amavasya or Magh Amavasya, is a significant day observed during the Magha month in Hindu ...

A crowd crush at a Hindu festival in northern India has left at least 11 people dead and more than 50 injured, local media ...