Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

The Kumbh Mela is one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimages in India. During this spiritual journey, millions immerse ...

Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.

Hindus believe that taking a dip ... the waters get imbued with the purity of the saints' thoughts and deeds. Over the weekend, groups of holy men arrived at the mela grounds in large noisy ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India -- Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...

(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Hindu holy men arrive in a procession at an akhara where they will stay during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival beginning on Jan. 13, at the confluence of the Ganges ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river ... that the river waters get imbued with the purity of the saints' thoughts and deeds when they bathe in the river.

Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of ... imbued with the purity of the saints' thoughts and deeds. Over the weekend, groups of holy men arrived at the mela grounds ...