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 India’s ...

Naked Hindu holy men wait to bath in the Godavari River during Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, at Trimbakeshwar in Nasik, India, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Hindus believe taking a dip in the waters of ...

Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings on Nov. 7 against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation ...

Manikarnika Snan 2025, observed on November 4, marks a sacred bath at Varanasi’s holy ghat. Devotees believe this dip grants ...

Every year during the summer, two festivals are celebrated to express gratitude to Mother Ganga. Ganga Saptami falls on the seventh day (Saptami) of the waxing moon (Shukla Paksha) in the month of ...

DEVPRAYAG/VARANASI/SAGAR ISLAND, India (Reuters) - India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge on ...

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - Nearly half a million Hindus braved near-freezing temperatures to wash away their sins in the icy waters of the Ganges river in northern India on Wednesday, the first day ...

ALLAHABAD, India — Brandishing swords and tridents, thousands of naked Hindu holy men plunged into the freezing Ganges River on Wednesday, joining 32 million others in taking a dip on the most sacred ...

A 40-year-old woman sitting on the bank of a river was killed by a crocodile in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district on Friday morning, an official said. Victim Malti Bai had gone to bathe in the river at ...

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - About 70 million Hindus are expected to converge in northern India over the next six weeks for a dip in the holy Ganges river to wash away their sins in what may be one of ...