Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest ...

China was the only neighbour that did not adopt religion as the basis of governance. Afghanistan, Iran and increasingly India are now religious states. Of the four countries with which Pakistan shares ...

In a special anniversary session, Manu Pillai discussed the Hindu identity through the facets of colonialism, religion, and ...

Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as if it were uprooted straight from India and transplanted to South Florida.

The Sun entered Capricorn on January 14, 2025, marking the end of Kharmas or Malmas. With this, auspicious and ceremonial ...

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.

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...

Over the coming 45 days, an estimated 400 million Hindus are expected to come together for Maha Kumbh Mela. The festival is ...

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