Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...
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Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
“Wash away your sins all you want ... as hundreds of other pilgrims waded in the river, splashing the murky water over their heads and bodies, chanting Hindu prayers. She explained why the ...
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How Does Kumbh Mela Connect India's Present to its Past?
The Promise of the Kumbh Mela According to a tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the ...
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Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
A young Hindu devotee wears a sacred mark on his forehead at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna ... which the pilgrimage is incomplete. “Wash away your sins all you want, and do all ...