Hindu, India and Kumbh Mela

Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival
It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night.
India's Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival Sees World's Largest Gathering Of Humanity
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India's Hindu pilgrims: a sea of humanity at Kumbh Mela
Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival -- from the very old to babies, cave-dwelling monks to science
Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims took dips in the freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth.
Dreadlocked Indian ascetics among 35 million who take holy dip in Maha Kumbh festival
By Saurabh Sharma PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the waters of sacred rivers in India on Tuesday, part of a large crowd of 35 million devotees who took the holy dip on the second day of the Maha Kumbh Mela,
India: Millions flock to Kumbh Mela for first sacred bath in India
Millions of Hindu pilgrims gathered on Tuesday at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers to take part in the first holy bath of the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering.
Naked, ash-smeared Hindu ascetics take holy dips at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday.
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Indian diocese welcomes Hindus for millennia-old Hindu festival
Catholic educational institutions close to bathing spots are thrown open for the convenience of pilgrims at Kumbla Mela ...
What to Know About the Hindu Festival Billed as the World’s Largest Religious Gathering
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on ...
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World's Largest Religious Gathering Begins
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have flocked to the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the world's largest religious gathering. The Maha Kumbh ...
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Muslim man’s brutal murder falsified as Hindu man killing
A team found that the brutally murdered man in the viral video is not a Hindu but a Muslim. His name is Rabiul Limon ...
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India opens giant Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India bathed in sacred waters as the Kumbh Mela festival opened on Monday, with organisers ...
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Catholic community has small role in largest Hindu festival in India
As India begins the largest religious gathering in the world, the local bishop says the Church’s educational and religious ...
The Hindu Lit for Life | What’s Shashi Tharoor reading?
On the heels of his session at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025, writer-politician Shashi Tharoor lets us quiz him on books and ...