Fire tears through tents at India’s mega Hindu festival but causes no injuries
A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India’s northern Prayagraj city.
India's Outcast Toilet Cleaners Keeping Hindu Festival Going
Millions of pilgrims hoping to cleanse their sins by ritual baths at India's Kumbh Mela festival rely on key lavatory workers to clear up behind them -- those born on the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system.
Holy dips at India's giant Hindu festival come with challenge
For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding your family and clothes after the chilly dip.
Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival
It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night.
Fire at India's Maha Kumbh Mela Festival Contained, No One Injured
A large fire broke out at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, but the blaze was quickly brought under control and no injuries were reported,
Fire rips through tents housing pilgrims for Hindu festival
A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India. No-one is believed to have been injured in the blaze in the northern city of Prayagraj.
A Hindu temple hidden away in this slice of rural Broward transports visitors to South India
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India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
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Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
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