India has granted over 96 lakh e-visas to foreigners since 2020, expanding the facility to 181 countries. The government ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 31: Planning a pilgrimage can be exhausting and is often marred with long queues, crowded ...

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a transport truck in eastern India when the bus driver fell asleep, killing at ...

The water, scooped up from the holy river Ganges, is destined for the pilgrims’ local temples. And the precious cargo must be ...

India’s spiritual landscape is as diverse as its geography, with pilgrimage routes that don’t just call upon your devotion, ...

Indian security personnel stand guard as Hindu pilgrims await their registration at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on Jul 2, 2025, ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage.

A bus with Hindu pilgrims onboard collided with a truck loaded with cooking gas cylinders in eastern India, killing the ...

Security has been beefed up for this pilgrimage, taking place just months after a deadly gun attack in the area.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — In massive security arrangements, tens of thousands of police and soldiers carrying automatic rifles and wearing flak jackets have been deployed to guard the pilgrimage.

An Indian pilgrim who is embarked on a visit to the sacred Pashupatinath temple poses for a photograph in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 12, 2024. The centuries-old temple is one of the most important ...

Over February and March of this year, my HfHR colleague, Sunita Viswanath, and I set out to investigate this phenomenon, embarking on a “prema yatra” — a pilgrimage of love — searching for ...

Hindus began a vast month-long pilgrimage in contested Indian Kashmir on Thursday, with many of the faithful starting from near the site where a deadly April attack triggered conflict with Pakistan.