Often seen in spotless white attire and surrounded by three tiers of bodyguards Bhole Baba or Surajpal Singh is a godman who comes with a distinct sartorial style. Born to Jatav parents in Bahadur ...

The devotees rushed to collect soil from the ground the man had just walked on, thousands thronging to the front of a venue densely crammed with a quarter of a million people, under stifling heat. But ...

In July 2024, 121 people were killed in a stampede in Hathras in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The stampede occurred during a religious congregation led by self-styled godman Narayan Sakar ...