Several people are feared killed in the crush at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering. Over a million people are camping out in the cold for a month on the banks of the Ganges river ...
This year’s Maha Kumbh Mela is particularly significant. The alignment of stars and planets is said to be the same as when drops of celestial nectar fell on the earth.
Bangladesh is known as a land of rivers, for context, the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers and their many tributaries make ... While the previous government had been responsible for the ...
The flow of the Ganges symbolizes amrita, and celebrations take place around the river. The main event of the festival is the immersion in the Ganges, which is meant to wash away all the sins of ...