At least 30 people died and several were injured in a crush at the religious festival in India this week.

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

The world’s largest religious festival turns tragic as a stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela leaves 30 dead and 90 injured in India.

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...

Indian officials planned for two years to host the ‘largest congregation of humanity’ safely; tragedy unfolded on busiest day ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which ...

Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of ...

The beginning of the San Sebastián Street Festivities has religious roots ... to revitalize the festival. Their initiative was joined by the folklorist Aníbal Rodríguez Vera, the painter ...

Every 12 years the festival carries the prefix "Maha," which ... Authorities are promoting the event not just as a religious gathering but a cultural spectacle that in the past has attracted ...

making it one of the most significant events in the region's religious calendar. The most anticipated moment of the Makaravilakku festival is the arrival of the 'Thiruvabharanam' (sacred jewels of ...

The Makaravilakku festival at Sabarimala continues to be one of the most significant religious observances in Kerala, drawing millions of devotees to the hill shrine every year. This year’s ...