February 2026 promises a vibrant calendar of Hindu festivals, commencing with the auspicious Full Moon and the revered Guru Ravidas Jayanti. Devotees eagerly anticipate Maha Shivratri, a major ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...

According to the Hindu spiritual calendar, February is a very holy month that is filled with a number of important religious ...

DELHI, India (RNS) — Kumbh Mela, a festival that every 12 years draws hundreds of thousands of devotees to the city of Prayagraj, in northern India, has become the latest battleground for ...

St. Anthony’s Feast, the largest Italian religious festival in New England is back in Boston’s North End. This year the festival marks its 150th year and thousands of visitors are expected to attend ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures. LUCKNOW, ...

To outsiders, Saraswati Pujo in Bengal may seem like just another festival - a day when students place their books at the goddess’s feet and pray for good grades. But ask a Bengali, to him/her, it is ...