Millions Bathe in Holy Rivers as India Hosts the World’s Largest Religious Festival
PRAYAGRAJ, India — Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the ...
The World’s Largest Human Gathering Begins in India
About 400 million Hindu pilgrims from around the globe are expected to bathe in and around the Ganges in the religion’s ...
Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120, striking near holy Buddhist city
The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...
Millions of pilgrims and naked, ash-smeared ascetics take holy dips in India's mega Hindu festival
Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims are taking dips in sacred rivers in the first of a series ...
India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world’s largest religious gathering
Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers where they will take part ...
India's Maha Kumbh festival sees 15 million people take holy dip on first day
Nearly 15 million Hindus, six times the number expected, took a dip in freezing waters seeking absolution of their sins on ...
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St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks
More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...
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Denis Law, the king of Man Utd's 'holy trinity'
With his eye for goal and effervescent personality, Denis Law was the darling of a generation as the Scotland striker played ...
Dreadlocked Indian ascetics take holy dip in Hindu Kumbh festival
Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Tuesday, ...