Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

Kumbh Mela, often called the world’s largest human gathering, is underway in northern India. DW explores a key highlight of ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared, and armed Hindu holy men. The Naga Sadhus are the highlight of the Maha Kumbh ...

Devout Hindus believe that taking a dip during the ... his clothes on a floating enclosure before wading into the water. Holy men chanted religious verses as he performed the dips.

However, her tenure was short-lived, lasting only seven days. After protests from several prominent Hindu holy men, Kulkarni was removed from the position. This decision sparked significant ...

Men with tonsured heads sit in rows for initiation into an order of naked Hindu ascetic holy men known as the Naga Sadhus, during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Saturday ...

Former US president and son of Kenya, Barack Obama, is painted on a matatu bus in Nairobi alongside the late Nelson Mandela ...

Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched and rode chariots at sunrise toward the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati ...