The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity for ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami prioritizes the organization of the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar for 2027, ...

Prime Minister Modi informed Parliament that the gathering of millions at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj marked the awakening of millions of Indians. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went a ...

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami discusses plans for the 2027 Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, emphasizing infrastructure ...

Among the many complex interactions between humans and water in the Ganges river basin, perhaps none is more awe-inspiring than the religious festival of Kumbh Mela, which every twelve years hosts the ...

The atmosphere is as much spectacle as spiritual, with flashing neon lights, lavish parade floats, and deafening loudspeakers broadcasting religious messages around the clock. Every 12 years, millions ...

The biggest pilgrimage on the planet has kicked off in India. From now until March, up to 120 million pilgrims – nearly double the population of the UK or France – are expected to travel to Prayagraj ...

India’s Kumbh Mela (literally, “Pitcher Festival”) is mind-boggling in scale. The largest gathering of humans in one time and place, the event is held every three years, roving between four locations ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth, is held every 12 years on the banks of Sangam, at the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical ...

India’s Kumbh Mela (literally, “Pitcher Festival”) is mind-boggling in scale. The largest gathering of humans in one time and place, the event is held every three years, roving between four locations ...