Pilgrims searched for their family members after a stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. Credit... Supported by By The New York Times Photographs by Atul Loke It ...

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

In the aftermath, relatives queued up to identify ... It is not the first time the festival has seen casualties. The last time Kumbh Mela was held in 2013, about 36 people died.

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

Nearly one-third of India’s 1.4 billion plus population descended on the Maha Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu gathering held in ...

The 40th day of the Maha Kumbh Mela has arrived, with only six days left until its conclusion. Despite this, the crowds at ...

As devotees flock to Prayagraj for Maha Kumbh 2025, the CPCB report has raised alarm over high levels of faecal coliform ...

DW's Mahima Kapoor joins millions of Hindu devotees for the Maha Kumbh Mela and roams alone through the world's largest ...

While VIPs could drive straight to the river through exclusive corridors, well-heeled pilgrims shelled out anywhere between ...

UP’s Additional Advocate General says state’s pollution control board will examine CPCB report, take action to improve water ...

Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday described Maha Kumbh as a unique example and said it is ...

The Mahakumbh Mela, like other mass religious events, is structured around sacred temporality, where millions of pilgrims ...