The world's largest human gathering is underway in India with the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela, a celebration held once every 12 years. Over the next six weeks, millions of Hindu pilgrims ...

As India's Kumbh Mela ended February 26 ... but it predates the gathering by several months and depicts another celebration along the banks of the Ganges river in the northern city of Varanasi.

The Maha Kumbh Mela is not just a religious festival-it is a celebration of faith, equality, and the timeless spiritual essence of India. The true miracle of the Kumbh Mela is not its sheer scale ...

The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon this year than ever before. Excitable television channels, smart tour operators, the thriving selfie culture ...

No statistics are available on the infections that spread during this Kumbh Mela except that the public in the city suffered an increase in respiratory infections, given the high pollution levels ...

Find out more at the Young Reporter website. The Maha Kumbh Mela, considered to be the world’s largest spiritual gathering, is an extraordinarily sacred Hindu event. Taking place every 144 years ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...

"Prior to the 2019 Kumbh, sanitation facilities in the mela premises were limited to just earmarking a large area for open defecation, which eventually polluted the rivers. But in 2019, the govt ...

Kumbh Mela is an enthralling Hindu festival and pilgrimage celebrating spiritual heritage and diversity. Given that the Maha Kumbh Mela, in particular, only occurs once every 144 years ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday (March 23, 2025) announced a ₹1,100 crore plan for the development of Trimbakeshwar Temple and the establishment of a Kumbh Mela Authority ...

Speaking at a programme of CII Young Indians in Nashik, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the much-anticipated 2027 Kumbh Mela in Nashik will be an amalgamation of faith and ...