The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering
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.
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...
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The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious congregation. People take a series of ritual baths at the confluence ...
How excitement of Hindu pilgrims turned to death and chaos at Maha Kumbh Mela
How excitement of Hindu pilgrims turned to death and chaos at Maha Kumbh Mela - SPECIAL REPORT: For many Hindu pilgrims, ...
Noida teen earns NASA recognition for asteroid discovery, will get to name it: ‘This is like a dream come true’
Daksh Malik, 14, is already brainstorming potential names for the asteroid he discovered. Among his creative ideas are “Destroyer of the World” and “Countdown".
Noida boy makes an astounding discovery! Identifies mysterious object at 14, stuns NASA, Space agency says…
A Noida-based Class 9 student has earned the remarkable distinction of naming an asteroid in the main asteroid belt between ...
FirstUp: India's Foreign Secretary Misri in China and other big headlines today
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is in China to discuss the next steps in ties between the two nations, including in the ...