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.

DW follows one couple’s spiritual journey to wash away their sins in the Ganges River. Ramesh Chandra promised his wife, Manju, on their wedding day two decades ago that he would take her to ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest ...

(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Hindu women devotees pray after taking bath at the confluence of the Ganges ... (AP Photo/Ashwini ...

More than 30 people were killed and 60-plus injured in a religious festival stampede in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Kumbh ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela ...

The assessment is part of the WII-NMCG project, which began in 2016 and is scheduled to end in March 2026, and is aimed at devising a comprehensive conservation strategy for the Ganges River dolphins.

Disciple of Hindu holy woman Sai Maa, Parameshwar Das, 75, speaks to others at a camp in Sangam, the confluence of rivers ...

A Fall River woman is facing charges after being accused of breaking into a vehicle Monday morning. Police said they responded to the area of Ridge Street and Morgan Street shortly before 1 a.m ...

Journeying across India for the pinnacle celebration of the Hindu calendar, Laxmi and her family were sleeping by the ...

Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India yesterday as tens of millions of ...

where two young men drowned in the Ganges. Local sources reported that four young men slipped into the river while bursting firecrackers on the bank. While two managed to swim back, the other two ...