The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead millions in a sin ...

At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...

The event’s main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty ...

“God will not be cruel with us ... Last October, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, an apex body of Hindu seers and religious leaders, had announced that it would not allow “non-Sanatani ...

Prabhas as Rudra in Kannappa. On Monday, the makers of Kannappa unveiled the first-look poster of Prabhas as Rudra. The ...

India lodged a “strong protest” over Indian fishermen suffering “serious injuries” in a firing incident by the Sri Lankan Navy, when its patrol team sought to apprehend the fishermen on ...

The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which drew 1.8 million last year. By Tuesday ...

Prabhas has forayed into the mythological genre already with his last release. Moving forth, he once again takes up the same ...

Here is a look at the sacred Hindu event which is expected to draw more than 400 million visitors over six weeks, making for the largest gathering of humanity in the world. The Kumbh Mela is held ...

A UK Home Office commission, set up in August 2024, has flagged Hindu nationalist extremism and Khalistani extremism among nine emerging threats to national security, according to its now-leaked ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees ...