Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said India's saints played a significant role in preserving the country's culture, ...

At least 30 people were killed and many were injured at the world’s largest religious pilgrimage in northern India. Millions ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...

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

Ramesh Baghel’s almost month-long legal battle this January to bury the body of his dead father in their village graveyard is ...

Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela ...

Between 90 to 100 million pilgrims had congregated to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at a festival in northern India.

Videos from the scene showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground after a large crowd broke ...

As Wendy Doniger points out, ancient Brahmins most likely spoke native Indian dialects or Prakrit in everyday life but reserved Sanskrit for religious rituals. Priestly Brahmins also used ...

The crowd crush occurred at the world’s largest religious event for Hindus, attended by hundreds of millions of people.