Each year, the healing power of this northern Indian city attracts hundreds of thousands of travellers who seek enlightenment in the birthplace of yoga.
11 April 2013
Celebrate the end of winter at Holi, an exhilarating Hindu festival that welcomes in spring through the throwing of vibrantly coloured powder.
27 March 2013
Beyond the rivers that cleanse pilgrim’s sins during the Maha Kumbh Mela, there is much more to the mass Hindu festival taking place on shore.
28 February 2013
Until 10 March, the Maha Kumb Mela in Allahabad will see some 100 million Hindu pilgrims cleansing their sins at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati Rivers.
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16 January 2013
India’s jam-packed festival calendar is as rich and diverse as its traditions and topography, and Diwali is the star of the show.
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13 November 2012
As Lumbini, the birthplace of the Lord Buddha, is threatened by development, we take a look at several awe-inspiring centres of worship that draw devotees from all around the world.
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20 January 2012
A city where the imagined reality and the real world come face to face.
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11 November 2011
Celebrate the end of winter with a splash of colour. During the Hindu festival of Holi celebrants honour spring’s arrival by flinging coloured powder and water at one another.
08 April 2011
Rajasthan is a realm of maharajas and a rich and romantic past, either in evocative ruins or restored to former splendour, but there is much more to this iconic region.
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03 August 2010
Mumbai is India’s financial powerhouse, fashion capital, a pulse point of religious tension — and of course it is home to Bollywood. The city has its own rhythm.
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03 August 2010
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