More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...

The fall of autocrat Sheikh Hasina triggered a wave of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. However, many of them deny that ...

The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

Social media users falsely claim an old video of a crowded alleyway was filmed at the Kumbh Mela in India days after at least ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform ...

The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. His dreadlocked hair is flicked backwards, sending a stream of ...

Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

The head sevak of Panchmukhi Hanuman temple and crematorium of Karachi Ramnath Mishra has come to India with the ashes to ...

Indian media have reported deadly bus crashes involving Kumbh Mela pilgrims, but footage shared on social media of an ...

The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size -- and for the ...

Religion, politics and the economy are deeply intertwined in India -- and the six-week-long Hindu festival of the Kumbh Mela gives one of the clearest examples. The Hindu nationalist government of ...