Police say 300 cameras at the festival site and on roads leading to the sprawling encampment, along with a fleet of overhead ...

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Freezing waters notwithstanding, nearly 15 million devotees and visitors took a dip in the revered rivers ...

As the Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj is now in its full splendour, devotees from India and abroad are immersed ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival -- from ...

An ardh or a half Kumbh is organised halfway between two festivals. The mela is organised in all ... festivals or 144 years," he said. For festival-goers, a major attraction is the presence of naked ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, will be held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, from ...

(REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla) With just a couple of days left for the Maha Kumbh Mela to begin in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, the city is all set to welcome female Naga Sadhus or Naga Sadhvis, who ...

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The pot spilled Amrit in four places, marking the origin of the Kumbh Mela. Known as the bathing festival ... traced to Adi Shankaracharya. The Naga Sadhus bathe first during the Shahi ...

They are usually spotted only during religious events like the Kumbh Mela. Aghoris reside in cremation ... Read more on Latest Viral News on India.com. Meet Naga sadhu, an Indian, who speaks ...