Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims took dips in the freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on ...

By Jan. 22, public school districts and charter schools must change their policies to allow students up to 3 days off a year ...

Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers where they will take part ...

Hinduism is the name of the religion, and its followers are known ... Hi, my name is Aashvina and I'm a Hindu. We believe in Brahman, who is the one supreme spirit. Brahman is the energy or ...

Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as ...

Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters as the Kumbh Mela festival opened on Monday, with organisers ...

A religious gathering at the confluence of three sacred rivers Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna. The faithful believe that a dip in their waters will cleanse ...

The millennia-old Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing ... "I felt like I was one with god." Hindus believe bathing there during the Kumbh helps cleanse sins.

Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river ... The festival is a big test for Indian authorities to showcase the Hindu religion, tourism and crowd management. A vast ground along the banks ...

A religious gathering at the confluence of ... of three sacred rivers that dates to at least medieval times. Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through ...