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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha ...

SHK: Given the contemporary debates around religious identity in India, what do you hope readers will take away from your analysis of colonial influences on Hinduism? MP: Simply that these things ...

Prayagraj, India — A pre-dawn stampede at the ... The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival ...

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

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...