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World's largest religious gathering in India underway as hundreds of millions visit 45-day festival
The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...
ABC News11d
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
PRAYAGRAJ, India -- The man appears in a silhouette ... Hindu ascetics charge toward the holy rivers at dawn. They are part ...
The Washington Post on MSN13d
Hindu nationalists make gains among India’s tribes and spur backlash
Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.
The Associated Press on MSN14d
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...
Video shows accident in Pakistan, not bus crash involving Indian pilgrims going to Hindu mega-festival
Indian media have reported deadly bus crashes involving Kumbh Mela pilgrims, but footage shared on social media of an ...
India warns of religious persecution in Bangladesh – but many Hindus there see things very differently
The fall of autocrat Sheikh Hasina triggered a wave of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. However, many of them deny that ...
CBS News16d
Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say
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 ...
Legit on MSN2d
India's Hindu mega-festival supercharges economy
The unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size -- and for the ...
The Christian Post on MSN9dOpinion
To Indian Christians: How we should respond to religious persecution
Manipur has not been dealt a just hand, but that should never be an excuse for them or Christians anywhere to repay evil for ...
Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...
Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu 'festival of festivals' that draws millions to northern India?
The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...