By Saurabh Sharma PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) -Naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the waters of sacred ...

India's Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is set to be the world's largest gathering of humanity, with 400 million ...

Touted as an event for spiritual purificationin Hinduism, Kumbh Mela takes place approximately every 12 years at four ...

The most propitious of these days occur in cycles of 12 years during a festival called the Maha Kumbh Mela, or pitcher ...

Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million people to visit Prayagraj over the next 45 days.

Officials had expected the first ritual dip to draw 2.5 million visitors, but the State Chief Minister says 15 million ...

Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India yesterday, ...

But as Sarita Singh discovered at this year's Maha Kumbh, or 'Great Pitcher Festival', things have changed. When she was separated from her son and mother-in-law, authorities turned to state of ...

Hindu ascetics, from crowd of 35 million devotees attending, take dip in freezing waters, seeking absolution from sins.

or Great Pitcher Festival, seeking absolution from their sins. The "royal bath" of the ascetics is a key part of the event, held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj, because Hindus ...

The 'royal bath' of the ascetics is a key part of the event, held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj, because ...