Watch: Millions take a holy dip on day two of India's Mahakumbh Mela Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of naked ... Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched and rode chariots at sunrise toward the ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...

Naga Sadhus, or naked Hindu holy men, take dips on one of the most auspicious ... hoping to impress India’s largely Hindu population and draw visitors from around the world.

India: Hindu holy men bathe at Kumbh Mela pilgrimage Posted: February 5, 2025 | Last updated: February 5, 2025 Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in ...

The gurus India has produced range from men who claim ... raising allegations of impunity for these holy men. “They have deep connections with the political machine… and it’s deeply ...

For his part, Edamaruku, president of the Indian Rationalist Association ... the apparently fabulous feats some self-proclaimed holy men became renowned for — the materialisations of watches ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the ...

The government has provided more than $765 million for the event, hoping to impress India’s largely Hindu population and draw visitors from around the world. Naked Hindu holy men or a Naga ...

Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched and rode chariots ... hoping to impress India’s largely Hindu population and draw visitors from ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh ...