Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams employ around 6,600 permanent & 14,000 contract, outsourced staff, according to temple ...

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India’s government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world’s largest religious ...

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Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

Jaya Ekadashi is an important Hindu fasting day observed on the eleventh day (Ekadashi) of the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of ...

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India's millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual ...

Thousands of devotees jostle behind bamboo fences to get a glimpse of the grand procession of the naked, ash-smeared and ...

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) barred 18 employees from religious activities for engaging in non-Hindu practices. Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh supported the decision, aligning with ...

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...