Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

Jon Blåhed’s drama on religious extremism, debuting at Rotterdam, follows a woman trying to protect her family from her husband's increasingly bizarre teachings, including about alcohol and sexual ...

This revered occasion falls on the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the Bangla month of Magh, known as 'Vasant Panchami' ...

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

Saraswati Puja, one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow (3 February). It is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the bright ...

Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as if it were uprooted straight from India and transplanted to South ...

At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, ...

Indian officials downplayed a deadly stampede at the world's largest religious festival because they wanted to protect the public image of a potential successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, analys ...

At least 30 people were killed and 60 others injured in a stampede during India's Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, officials confirmed late Wednesday, January 29th. The chaos ...

For many Hindu pilgrims, bathing at the festival where three holy rivers meet is the spiritual journey of a lifetime. But as ...