In a heartbreaking series of incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival, 43 individuals, including 37 children, have tragically drowned while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds across the ...

The annual Jivitputrika festival is celebrated in several states in north-eastern India. In this 2020 photo, women and children are seen bathing in a river in the Uttar Pradesh state. At least 46 ...

Jitiya is a three-day long Hindu festival celebrated primarily in Uttar ... life of their seven children on the occasion of Jitiya or Jivitputrika festival. September 25 (Wednesday) was meant ...

The Bihar government on Thursday said at least 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while ...

Ara/Motihari: Bhojpur district’s Guddu Rai and his wife Aarti Devi had kept fast for the long life and well-being of their seven children on Jitiya or Jivitputrika festival on Wednesday but as ...

At least 46 people, mostly children, drowned in Bihar, India, while bathing in rivers swollen by recent floods during the Hindu festival of Jivitputrika Vrat. This festival, celebrated by millions ...