Devotees offer prayers at a temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri festival, in Varanasi.

Devotees performs rituals on a shivling, an idol symbolic of Hindu god Shiva, during Shivratri festival in Ahmadabad. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship...

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, second left, performs rituals at Sangam, the confluence of the Yamuna, the Ganges and the mythical Saraswati, during t...

Hindu holy men participate in rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a 'Naga' or naked holy men, at Sangam, the co...

Holy men participate in rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a 'Naga' or naked holy men, at Sangam, the confluen...

Newly initiated 'Naga Sadhus' participate in a ritual on the banks of River Ganga during Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj.

Newly initiated sadhus participate in a ritual on the banks of River Ganga during Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat (L), Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti chief Jagadguru Hansdevacharya (C) and Pejawar Mutt's Vishweshwar Tirth Swami during 'Dharma Sansad', called by Vishwa Hind...

Nepalese Hindu devotees offer prayers on the banks of the river Hanumante during the Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Nepalese Hindu devotees roll on the ground as part of a ritual during the Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. During this festival, devotees recite holy scriptures dedicat...

An aerial view of Kumbh city at Sangam, on the auspicious day of "Paush Purnima" during Kumbh Mela or Pitcher Festival at Prayagraj.

Members of various Hindu groups stage a protest in support of Ram Temple, near Supreme Court in New Delhi. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Jus...

Hindu Makkal Katchi activists stop a train during a protest against the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple, in Coimbatore.

A priest blows a trumpet during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations in Bengaluru.

Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti chief Jagadguru Hansdevacharya and others during ‘Dharma Sabha’, to press for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, in Jammu.

Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti chief Jagadguru Hansdevacharya during ‘Dharma Sabha’, to press for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, in Jammu.

Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti chief Jagadguru Hansdevacharya addresses during ‘Dharma Sabha’, to press for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, in Jammu.

Devotees celebrate Kartik Purnima in Mathura by lighting lamps (diyas) on the banks of Yamuna River.

People celebrate Dev Diwali on the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi.

People light oil lamps at Sangam on the occasion of 'Kartik Purnima' in Allahabad.