A 500-km trek through Uttarakhand exposes the effects of unchecked tourism, environmental damage, and social change. While ...

BRS, BJP in a game of one-upmanship, attacking ruling Congress over Rama Rajyam Army’s assault on Chilkur Balaji Temple ...

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

Hindu texts often declare that the four goals of human life are dharma ethics artha wealth kama pleasure and moksha liberation As one goes through Hindu scriptures one finds different types of sexual ...

Saraswati Puja, being celebrated on February 2 in 2025, honours Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge. Specific mantras ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say. The incident took place early on Wednesday ...

The first shows people in front of buildings, with a man taking pictures on a cell phone while another kneels and holds up his hands in prayer. The second features a cloud in the shape of praying ...

At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...