PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — At the world’s largest pilgrimage in Prayagraj in northern India, tens of millions of Hindu faithful travel to the sacred sangam — the confluence of three ...

Cannabis has a long history in India, veiled in legends and religion. The earliest mention of cannabis has been found in The Vedas, or sacred Hindu texts. These writings may have been compiled as ...

The herbal plant, cannabis, has a long and continuous history in India. The plant has lived in stories of gods and warriors for thousands of years and continues to live today.

Thousands of sadhus have travelled from India for the festival - which falls on 2 March this year - and the temple authority has said it does not object to the sadhus smoking cannabis for their ...

IIT Baba was detained by police in Jaipur for ganja possession but released on bail as the quantity was small. Denying all allegations, the Baba argued that many sadhus consume cannabis and ...

Many Naga sadhus at the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj have decided to give up one of their most prized possessions -- chillums (clay pipes used for smoking). A Naga Sadhu smokes outside his tent ahead ...

At every Kumbh, including this year's, thousands of devotees are initiated into the reclusive sect of the Naga Sadhus — naked, ash-smeared cannabis-smoking Hindu warriors and onetime-armed ...

Thousands of sadhus - or holy men - are banned from selling cannabis to festival-goers at an ancient temple in Nepal.

IIT Baba was detained by police in Jaipur for ganja possession but released on bail as the quantity was small. Denying all allegations, the Baba argued that many sadhus consume cannabis and ...

Thousands of sadhus - or holy men - are banned from selling cannabis to festival-goers at an ancient temple in Nepal. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP.