India is celebrating Makar Sankranti, the mid-winter harvest festival, which marks the end of winter solstice. Whether through kites in Gujarat, prayers in Uttar Pradesh, or Pongal in Tamil Nadu ...

Festivals have always been a celebration of community and unity, where people come together, setting aside their differences.

India, land of diversities of culture ... It unites communities to celebrate agricultural prosperity, where farmers thank the harvest and seek blessings for a prosperous year. The festival strengthens ...

Bhogi is celebrated on the first day of the four-day Pongal festival, one of the prominent harvest festivals in the country.

The annual get together by western Odia community was celebrated with great fervour in Vashi. The event named as Pushpuni ...

Teej is a major festival observed in many parts of India, particularly in Rajasthan. It welcomes the arrival of the monsoon season. Women wear green clothes, sing traditional songs, and enjoy swinging ...

Their rituals and ways of celebration were diverse, but they were united by the spirit of celebrating the new harvest ... We also fly kites to mark the festival,” said DR Sahu, president ...

Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas. In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who were taking part in the same festival were ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious ...