This surge in spiritual travel was much higher than the steady growth seen in 2024, when pilgrimage destinations such as ...

India's appetite for travel continued to deepen and diversify in 2025, driven by a surge in spiritual journeys, festival-linked trips, entertainment tourism and growing demand from Tier-two cities, ...

Our journey through India begins with a six-hour train ride from New Delhi, then a four-hour car ride through the foothills of the Himalayas. We arrive in a small town called Dwarahat, where 1,000 ...

MakeMyTrip's year-end data suggests that travellers are prioritising comfort and better experiences, even for short breaks.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, Joshi’s is a common stop for locals and people on pilgrimage like American Rebecca Harvey. “This is my fifth time in India and this is the longest I’ve been in India ...

Hindu pilgrims chant religious slogans as they leave, during their religious journey to the Amarnath cave on the Pahalgam route, some 90km (55 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, on ...

The total revenue generated so far during the ongoing Sabarimala pilgrimage season has reached Rs 210 crore, Travancore Devaswom Board President K Jayakumar said on Wednesday. Of this, Rs 106 crore ...

MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (RNS) — Muslim shop owners are shutting their businesses along the Kanwar Yatra (pilgrimage) route rather than risk attacks. MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (RNS) — Vakeel Ahmad was stirring ...

Reporting from Badrinath, India — Deserted hotels, barren shops, only the occasional tourist and barely any traffic. The scene is an unusual one for Badrinath, one of India’s most popular Hindu ...