The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

Indian media have reported deadly bus crashes involving Kumbh Mela pilgrims, but footage shared on social media of an ...

Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

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

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 fall of autocrat Sheikh Hasina triggered a wave of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. However, many of them deny that ...

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 ...

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

Manipur has not been dealt a just hand, but that should never be an excuse for them or Christians anywhere to repay evil for ...