Millions of Hindus at India’s Maha Kumbh festival take ‘holy dip’ a day after fatal stampede
More than nine million people took a "holy dip" at the confluence of three sacred rivers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Dozens killed in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...
Ash-smeared holy men lead India bathing spectacle
Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...
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Pilgrims and holy men take dips at huge Indian festival
The men, with matted dreadlocks and crowns of marigolds, chanted praise for Hindu deity Lord Shiva and were escorted to the ...
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Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India’s mega Hindu festival
(AP Photo/Bikas Das) Naked Hindu ascetics and holy men bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the second day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival ...
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Hindu holy men and millions of pilgrims take dips in India’s largest festival
Hindus believe bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers will cleanse them of their sins.
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Naked, ash-smeared Hindu ascetics take holy dips at the Maha Kumbh festival
PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — 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 ...
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
This sacred stroke, called tilak, is ubiquitous to the millions of Hindu pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh festival in ...