The recent Kumbh Mela, traditionally a religious gathering, was heavily politicized by the ruling party and its affiliates, ...
By Ram Puniyani RSS Combine’s agenda of Hindu Rashtra has been built upon the narratives through multiple mechanisms. The ...
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India's grand Hindu festival ends
India's Kumbh Mela festival concluded on Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organizers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of ...
The devotees celebrate the festival in temples by pouring water or milk over the Shiva linga, a stone sculpture symbolic of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. Some also observe a fast during the day ...
It was argued by the petitioner that the judicial commission constituted by the government had been asked to conduct a limited investigation and loss of lives/property were not included in it ...
An interview featuring a Hindu monk has been misinterpreted online following a deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in India. Social media users claim the clip shows the saint reprimanding ...
However, within the next few minutes, news wires announced that there was a “stampede-like situation” at the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS). This was contradicted by the Chief Public ...
At least 18 people were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported Sunday. Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims ...
Church leaders have mourned the death of Hindu pilgrims in the latest stampede at the overcrowded New Delhi Railway Station in India's capital. The deadly crush on Feb. 15 night reportedly killed 18 ...
Distressed by the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station ... The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around 500 million devotees ...
Broadcaster NDTV reported three more dead from the stampede, quoting an official of ... Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and officials said around ...
one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu calendar. Some of the largest casualties caused by stampedes over the recent years include the deadly stampede that occurred last year on July 2 during ...