SIMRAN: Diwali is the Hindu Festival of Light ... These clips will be relevant for teaching Religious Education at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and First and Second Level in Scotland.

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people -- the largest gathering of humanity.

At least 30 people have died and 60 have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in northern India. Images from the scene in the city of Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh state, show bodies being ...

Commission members visited the stampede spot at the Sangam Nose, a triangular area just before the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati. The panel is led by Harsh Kumar, a ...

Last October, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, an apex body of Hindu seers and religious leaders, had announced that it would not allow “non-Sanatani” people, or those who do not believe ...

The Hindu festival is expected to draw some 400 million people overall, according to officials, compared with the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia which drew 1.8 million last year. By Tuesday ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million people to visit Prayagraj over the next 45 days.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja’s cows sounds a little like a Rudyard Kipling tale ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...