Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday ...

It is so large that it can be seen from space. Tuesday's bathing rituals, called the Shahi Snan - or the royal bath - will ...

The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, was co-authored by Elisabetta Boaretto, who said that "the use of chains by male ascetics is widely documented," but ...

But they got a big surprise: the person was probably female. "The use of chains by male ascetics is widely documented," study co-author Elisabetta Boaretto, an archaeologist at the Weizmann ...

Naga ascetics from Shaivite Akharas in Gujarat, Punjab, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan will travel to Kashi for the Bhandara before ...

Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at ...