Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

Millions of people are gathering in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state to participate in the ...

Here’s what to know about the festival: Hindus venerate rivers ... Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once ...

"I will bathe in the river because I feel the need to connect with the Ganges." The Indian government said it was spending 70bn rupees ($812m; £665m) on organising the festival and according to local ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, center, with cabinet ministers taking a bath at Sangam, the confluence of the ...

Organisers spent months preparing and arranging logistics for the festival, which runs from ... tents erected along the banks of the Ganges river for devotees to live in. Hindu devotees leave ...

The festival is a series of ... Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna.

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India readied on Monday to bathe in sacred waters for the Kumbh Mela festival, with ...

The festival is a series of ... Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati river once flowed from the Himalayas through Prayagraj, meeting there with the Ganges and the Yamuna.

India's Maha Kumbh Mela religious festival. DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day ...

A doctor checks a pilgrim's eye at a free clinic at transit camp on way to Gangasagar, the confluence of River Ganges and Bay ...