Trending News: Hinduism, originating in India, has spread globally. India has the largest Hindu population, followed by Nepal. Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan al ...

Members of various Muslim organisations held protests in some places in Belagavi district of Karnataka on May 16 against the alleged desecration of holy books, including the holy Quran, in Santi ...

Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in northern India. DW explores a key highlight of the festival, where the sadhus — holy men, revered for their ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and armed Hindu holy men. The Naga Sadhus are the ...

New Delhi, Jan 31 (EFE).- The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela surpassed the symbolic figure of 300 million holy baths since its beginning on Jan. 13 in northern India, according to data from the ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Jan 30 for the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede on the most ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims yesterday took dips in the freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India, in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Jan 14, dreadlocks flying, during the first “royal bath” of ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India – Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Tuesday, dreadlocks flying, during the first ‘royal bath’ of ...