ALLAHABAD, India — Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ascetics with ash smeared on their bodies plunged into the frigid waters of India's holy Ganges River early this week in a ritual they believe ...

India’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...

Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River for a ritual bathing and sun worship festival in India. Thousands of worshippers converged on Bodhgaya, Bihar, on October 27 to make offerings as part of ...

Cultures have built elaborate rituals to help humans process the grief of losing someone. Rituals can hold the core beliefs of a culture and provide a sense of control in an otherwise helpless ...

For centuries, Hindus gathered to burn corpses on funeral pyres along the Ganges River. Jews received condolences at home during a seven-day mourning period. Muslims huddled together to wash the ...

During this period, visitors can witness the ghats of Kashi transform into an illuminated paradise, adorned with lamps and ...

Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...

NEW DELHI, India – The ashes of George Harrison, long a devotee of Hinduism, will be sprinkled in the holy Ganges River, authorities of the Hare Krishna movement said today. Harrison’s widow, Olivia, ...

NEW DELHI, India -- George Harrison's intimate relationship with Indian music and Hinduism sent his widow and son on a pilgrimage to the holy Ganges River, where authorities said the late Beatle's ...

Kanwarias worship the Hindu God of Shiva. Kanwarias perform a ritual pilgrimage during the Hindu lunar month of Shravana by walking the roads of India, clad in saffron, carrying ornately decorated ...

For centuries, Hindus gathered to burn corpses on funeral pyres along the Ganges River. Jews received condolences at home during a seven-day mourning period. Muslims huddled together to wash the ...

For centuries, Hindus gathered to burn corpses on funeral pyres along the Ganges River. Jews received condolences at home during a seven-day mourning period. Muslims huddled together to wash the ...