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 ...

Nude Hindu holy men or a Naga Sadhus of Maharirwani Akhara prepare for a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati on one of the most auspicious day Makar ...

Followers line the path as Hindu holy men walk in procession to bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers (Ashwini Bhatia/AP) The tent city is equipped ...

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 ...

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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 festival ...

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 ...

Millions of Hindu pilgrims followed them into the confluence. The Maha Kumbh festival — held every 12 years — started Monday, with more than 15 million pilgrims bathing in the holy rivers ...

Followers line the path as Hindu holy men walk in procession to bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers (Ashwini Bhatia/AP) (Ashwini Bhatia/AP) The tent ...

Millions of Pilgrims and Naked, Ash-Smeared Ascetics Take Holy Dips in India's Mega Hindu Festival PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took ...