Mahakumbh Mela 2025 live: UP Police chief Prashant Kumar says, “Till now, around 1 crore devotees have taken a holy dip in Sangam area on the first ‘Amrit snan’ day & start of Mahakumbh 2025.

Reuters. Devotees take a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical invisible Saraswati river, to mark Maghi Purnima, one of the auspicious days during the ...

Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, take a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers on Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj ...

Reuters. Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men take a holy dip during the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 14, 2025.

Naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the waters of sacred rivers in India on Tuesday, part of a large crowd of 35 million devotees who took the holy dip on the second day of the ...

"A mela of this magnitude with everyone taking a holy dip is not feasible to conduct in a safe manner," said Bhramar Mukherjee, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan.

Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge. Tens of thousands bathe in the frigid waters of the Ganges river in northern India despite rising COVID-19 infections.

NEW DELHI - One of India's most sacred rivers appears to be coated with a thick layer of snow. Except it isn't. A vast stretch of the Yamuna river is covered with white toxic foam, caused in part ...

LUCKNOW, Feb 12 (Reuters) - More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern India during a span of four hours on Wednesday, authorities ...