Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

Religious tensions have soared in Bangladesh since a student-led revolution toppled autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina in August ...

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and ...

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...

Dozens of people have been injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival, local media report. 24/7 coverage of ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela festival started on 13 January. Nearly 150 million people have already attended, including Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh and home minister Amit Shah and celebrities ...

Police say at least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh fe ...

Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas. In July at least 116 people died, most of them women and children, when ...