This year, Kumar didn’t join the 500 million pilgrims making the trip to Prayagraj for Kumbh Mela, a 45-day festival that ends on February 26. His life took a dramatic turn eight years earlier ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival wraps up Wednesday, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organisers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of devotees.

Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million people – over a third of India’s roughly 1.4 billion population - have attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher ...

and has been available online months before the Kumbh festival began. "Kumbh mela," reads the Hindi-language caption of a Facebook post shared on February 11, 2025. The post also shares a video ...

Show more Show less A helicopter showers flower petals on pilgrims on the final day of India's Kumbh Mela Waste collection machines have been trying to clear rubbish from the sprawling site ...