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

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

It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic at the Maha Kumbh festival where devotees had congregated from across India to bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ...

A major display of Hinduism, the event has recently become ... Image Devotees at the juncture of the Yamuna and Ganges rivers on Monday.Credit...Adnan Abidi/Reuters We are having trouble ...

According to tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the Ganges during Kumbh Mela holds the promise of washing away one’s sins. People from all walks of life in ...

(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Hindus bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the ... once 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 ... Indian civilization is inseparable from Hinduism, although critics say the party's philosophy is rooted in Hindu ...

The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges ... goal of Hinduism is salvation.

Hindu ascetics arrive for a ritualistic dip at the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical ... mercenary armies who generally revere Hinduism’s Lord Shiva. Hindu pilgrims perform ...