Millions of Hindu devotees converged on the 'sacred' river for a bathing festival, weeks after a stampede at the event killed at least 30. Pilgrims arrived in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, to take a holy ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of ...

Naga Sadhus or Naked Hindu holy men take dips at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati, on Vasant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, ...

The Yamuna, as well as the Ganges River, shown here, are polluted with animal and human waste, as well as industrial waste. Source - Lane, CC SA 2.0. The Yamuna, as well as the Ganges River, shown ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) - Millions of pilgrims began bathing on the first official day of India's Kumbh Mela on Tuesday, the world's largest religious festival where politics play an important role ...

BHOPAL, India At least 58 Hindu pilgrims bathing in a central India river during a religious festival drowned when the gates of a nearby dam were opened, police said Monday. Local police official S.K.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of ...