Their barely-clad bodies smeared in ash and long hair in deadlocks, seers at the Maha Kumbh begin each day at 4 am with a dip at the holy Sangam and a litany of rituals before proceeding to receive ...

A sprawling temporary city spread over 10,000 acres, more than a crore pilgrims and seers living at a time and about 20 lakh ...

Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath—offers a spiritual journey through the Himalayan foothills, with divine temples ...

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Freezing waters notwithstanding, nearly 15 million devotees and visitors took a dip in the revered rivers ...

PM Modi also noted the increasing participation of youth in cultural and spiritual gatherings, particularly during the Kumbh ...