Modi’s ruling party looks to topple corruption crusader in Delhi poll with graft allegations
The resurgent Hindu nationalist party of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eyeing a state legislature election in Delhi ...
Hindu ascetic rising from the river after a holy dip is emblematic of Maha Kumbh festival in India
The man appears in a silhouette after rising from the river. The photo of a Naga Sadhu — a Hindu ascetic — at the confluence ...
The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering
The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.
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Many faces of the Sun: Surya in Hindu and Buddhist traditions
As an offspring of Aditi, a Vedic entity representing infinity, Surya is one of the twelve Adityas, which also include Indra, ...
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The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious congregation. People take a series of ritual baths at the confluence ...
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, drawn by the hope that the bathing would ...
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Police say at least 30 people have died in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
Police say at least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering as ...