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.

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 ...

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 ...

Among the massive crowds at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering in northern India's Prayagraj city, there is a unique group of people called Kalpwasis. They are mostly elderly ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nashik: For the 2027 Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Nashik, state govt will establish a Kumbh Mela Authority that will be granted planning and financial powers to execute projects in both Nashik and ...

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 ...