More than 500 million take 'holy dip' in India's Maha Kumbh festival
More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...
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 ...
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 ...
India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation ...
Hundreds join an order of naked, armed holy men at Hindu festival
Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...
World's largest religious gathering in India underway as hundreds of millions visit 45-day festival
This year, it is being held in the city of Prayagraj in the northern Indian ... India to take a dip at the confluence of the ...
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Reverence For The Waters Of The Ganga Draws Millions To India’s Maha Kumbh Festival
Called the world’s largest religious gathering, the event has already drawn 148 million people. Attendance is expected to exceed 400 million by the time it ends on Feb. 26, and surging crowds have ...