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

Belief in karma should encourage many Hindus to accept responsibility for their actions, including how they treat the environment. Moksha – the release from the cycle of reincarnation and the ...

Hindus believe that a dip at the holy site can cleanse them of past sins and end the process of reincarnation. The stampede happened when pilgrims tried to jump barricades erected for a procession of ...

Most are of Indian heritage, but the spiritual tradition has attracted a large number of Western converts over the last 60 ...

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India early Wednesday, a doctor at a government hospital said.

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious congregation ...

Hindus take a series of ritual baths at the confluence to cleanse them of their past sins and free them from reincarnation. The number of people expected in Prayagraj for the festival over the ...