India's Modi takes 'holy dips' at Maha Kumbh, week after stampede killed dozens
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as ...
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India's sacred boat service for giant Hindu festival
PRAYAGRAJ, India, Feb 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual bathing in the holy waters where ...
Making climate-friendly lifestyle choices isn’t always easy. India learned the hard way
A major government initiative to get people to think about their energy choices to pollute less — like cycling instead of ...
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...
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Heritage and Hospitality Shine at Prayagraj's Kumbh Mela
The Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj features an 'Incredible India' pavilion, luxurious tent accommodations, and cultural showcases.
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The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering
Pilgrims taking a holy bath and praying late last month at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India. The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims ...
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India: Stampede erupts during Mahakumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India
On January 29, 2025, in Prayagraj, India, @rameshchandra_1990 shared a video of a stampede during the Mahakumbh Mela ...
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PM Modi shares highlights from his divine visit to Prayagraj
"Blessed to be at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The Snan at the Sangam is a moment of divine connection, and like the crores of others who have taken part in it, I was also filled with a spirit of ...
Families in India cremate loved ones killed in stampede at religious festival
Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede ...
Reverence for the sacred waters of the Ganga and belief in its power to wash away sins bring millions to India’s Maha Kumbh festival
The Kumbh festival is named after the celestial pitcher or “kumbha” that held the much coveted “amrita,” the nectar of immortality. In Hindu mythology, during what is known as the Age of Truth, the ...