Faith has been the greatest motivator for humanity and in the last five weeks Prayagraj has witnessed more than half a ...

On February 28, all seven planets will align and be visible from Earth, a celestial event last seen in January without ...

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform ...

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian ...

The Purna Kumbh Mela is held every twelve years, rotating between four locations: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik.

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 ...

GalleryAccording to the Indian government, some 400 million people were expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, the most important religious event in Hinduism, held this year in Prayagraj from ...

As of 08:00 India time (02:30 GMT), nearly 28 million pilgrims had performed bathing rituals at the Kumbh Mela today, officials said. They added that nearly 200 million people have bathed in the ...

To facilitate smooth, safe, and comfortable travel for devotees and passengers during the Kumbh Mela, the Railway ...

The orientalism of the Kumbh puts a gloss over the caste configurations that are most vivid in the structure of the Kumbh congregation ...

I know that the Kumbh Mela happens every four years; the Ardh Kumbh Mela every six years; the Purna Kumbh Mela every 12 years. The Maha Kumbh Mela takes place once in 144 years. I am quite religious.

ALTHOUGH it was a cold winter day in Prayagraj, the divine waters of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, which merged together as one, felt warm and soothing on my skin like the Mother embracing a child ...