Religious types insist that contradictions in sacred scriptures are not cardinal flaws. They blame it on artistic ...

While the Kumbh Mela festival is held every three years, rotating between several holy cities on the banks ... to the festival in ancient Hindu texts as well as in works of travellers visiting ...

Discover the gems of sacred literature guiding us towards moksha and spiritual enlightenment, including Vishnu Purana and Bhagavad Gita.

The Char Dham Yatra is a Hindu pilgrimage to four shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, all of which are ...

Uttarakhand's Dimar village, a historic center for Sanskrit learning, is set for a linguistic revival with the deployment of ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — 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, in the first of ...

Despite two deadly stampedes that killed dozens, the festival in the northern city of Prayagraj has been hailed as a triumph by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, bolstering ...

Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, as the world’s largest religious gathering wrapped up Wednesday in ...

sacred to Hindus, but the cleanup poses a major challenge Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, took part in the festival, which opened on January 13 and ends Wednesday Infographic chart comparing the ...