A video showing a foreign tourist taking a dip in the Ganga wearing a bikini near Rishikesh's famous Lakshman Jhula has gone ...

As huge crowds made their way towards the river on a special day of bathing during the weeks-long "Kumbh Mela" festival, health authorities had to pull back a COVID-19 testing crew. Kumbh Mela ...

A tourist`s bikini dip in the sacred Ganga River near Lakshman Jhula divides opinions online, sparking a debate on cultural ...

11 million expected to bathe in river 50%2C000 police deployed to keep order It%27s one of the world%27s largest religious gatherings ALLAHABAD, India (AP) — Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ...

In the video, the woman can be seen standing by the holy river, wearing a bikini set and a garland of flowers around her neck ...

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - Nearly half a million Hindus braved near-freezing temperatures to wash away their sins in the icy waters of the Ganges river in northern India on Wednesday, the first day ...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 17 (ANI): Following the massive footfall at Mahakumbh 2025, Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said that ever since man has settled on the earth and the ...

Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges. The faithful believe that a dip in its waters will cleanse them of their past sins. Wherever other sacred rivers flow into the Ganges, the ...

Hindu devotees gathered along the Ganges River for a ritual bathing and sun worship festival in India. Thousands of worshippers converged on Bodhgaya, Bihar, on October 27 to make offerings as part of ...

Ash-smeared naked saints led the ritual bathing before dawn - which is said to cleanse pilgrims of their sins - with millions following them into the swirling river waters at the festival site in ...

Translate: How do we celebrate Ganga Dussehra; There cannot be a ritual bath without water, so let us take a ritual sand bath instead (Image Credits: Rahul_raj28 Twitter) Agra: On the auspicious ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Mahakumbh Nagar, Feb 1 (IANS) At the Maha Kumbh Mela on Saturday, a special 118-member foreign delegation, including diplomats and Heads of Missions from 77 countries, took a scared dip ...