Devotees perform rituals on the occasion of Makar Sankranti during Ganga Sagar Mela at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal.
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Pilgrims at Sagar Island to celebrate 'Makar Sankranti' festival, in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
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Pilgrims take the holy dip at Gangasagar
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A pilgrim seeks blessings from a priest after a holy dip in the Ganga river during 'Gangasagar Mela', at Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district.
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Pilgrims stand in a queue to offer 'puja' at Kapil Muni temple at Sagar Island, in South 24 Pargana district.
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Pilgrims stand in a queue to offer 'puja' at Kapil Muni temple at Sagar Island, in South 24 Pargana district.
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Pilgrims headed for the Gangasagar pilgrimage at a transit camp in Kolkata.
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Pilgrims on the way to Gangasagar Island for Makar Sankranti, prepare food in a transit camp of Gangasagar, in Kolkata.
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Pilgrims headed for the Gangasagar pilgrimage wearing face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus at transit camp, ahead of the Ganga Sagar Mela, in Kolkata.
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Pilgrim headed for the Gangasagar pilgrimage take mid-day meal at a transit camp in Kolkata.
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A pilgrim, left, headed for the Gangasagar pilgrimage makes enquiry at a transit camp in Kolkata.
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Pilgrims headed for the Gangasagar pilgrimage wearing face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus stand in a queue for mid-day meal at a transit camp in Kolkata. This year due t...
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In this photo released by Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Muslims practice social distancing while praying around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque during the fir...
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A woman squirts alcohol onto a statue of the "Santa Muerte," or Death Saint, whose mouth holds two lit cigarettes left by other devotees, outside her altar in Mexico City's Tepito ...
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Stranded pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi wait to leave for their native places, amid COVID-19 lockdown, in Jammu.
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Pilgrims from Pakistan who had come to Ajmer to attend Urs festival at Ajmer Railway Station.
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A Saudi policeman stands guard in front of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's Deputy Health Minister ...
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A Muslim prays from a hotel overlooking the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Healt...
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Pilgrims from Pakistan arrive to take part in celebration of the 808th Urs festival of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer.
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Pakistani pilgrims arrive to take part in celebration of the 808th Urs festival of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer.
Pak PM Imran Khan last week announced that no fee would be charged from Indian Sikh pilgrims on the opening day of the corridor on November 9 and on Sikhism founder Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary.
Using a computer simulation, researchers can intelligently plan where to place police personnel to quickly quell disturbances in a crowd that could otherwise lead to panic and chaos.
A road accident killed ten Sabarimala pilgrims from Telangana. The incident took place near Thirumayam town in Pudukottai district of central Tamil Nadu on Sunday after their vehicle collided head-on with a lorry.
The development came after India on Thursday decided to build a corridor from Gurdaspur district in Punjab to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
The incident took place on Tuesday on a stretch of a busy road near Moti Nagar metro station causing a traffic snarl and forcing some of the commuters to take a detour.
USSR disintegrated, Bangladesh split from Pakistan and UK is under pressure from Scotland and Ireland, but India has remained despite its enormous diversity. Dr Krishna Gopal, the joint-secretary of the RSS, explains the reasons