Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...
The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the ...
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In the shadow of sacred trees
As devotees of the Malan Devi, a Hindu Goddess, we do not use wood from the Rohiro (tecomella undulata) tree for anything like to light a fire or to build homes or to make furniture,' says 59-year-old ...