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Fire tears through tents at India’s mega Hindu festival but causes no injuries
A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city.
Fire tears through tents at massive Hindu festival in India
A fire tore through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city, officials said Sunday. There were no injuries. The blaze was caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder and was contained by firefighters,
India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers where they will take part in elaborate rituals.
Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival
It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night.
India's Outcast Toilet Cleaners Keeping Hindu Festival Going
Millions of pilgrims hoping to cleanse their sins by ritual baths at India's Kumbh Mela festival rely on key lavatory workers to clear up behind them -- those born on the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system.
Holy dips at India's giant Hindu festival come with challenge
For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding your family and clothes after the chilly dip.
Fire rips through tents housing pilgrims for Hindu festival
A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India. No-one is believed to have been injured in the blaze in the northern city of Prayagraj.
A Hindu temple hidden away in this slice of rural Broward transports visitors to South India
Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as ...
The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: All religious identities require an ‘other’ that’s how religious identities take form, says Manu Pillai
In a special anniversary session, Manu Pillai discussed the Hindu identity through the facets of colonialism, religion, and ...
Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred ...