India's sacred rivers, including the Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri, are revered as goddesses and ...

Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims with gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — where they will take part in elaborate ...

Hindu devotees have sacred marks reading 'Radhe' on their foreheads at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the Saraswati rivers during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj ...

Hundreds of millions of pilgrims are expected to take part in ritual baths at the site of India's sacred Ganges river, Yamuna river and the mythical Saraswati during the six-week Hindu festival ...

The festival also sees millions of Hindu women taking a dip in the waters, often draped in a sari. Saris have remained traditional dresses for women in India and other South Asian countries ...

Even for the world’s most-populous nation, the scale of a Hindu religious festival being ... the Ganges and the Yamuna, where Hindus believe a third, mythical river also exists.

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million people to visit Prayagraj over the next 45 days.

Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — where they will take part in elaborate ...

Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — where they will take part in elaborate ...