Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled a book-‘Kumbh Mela: Microcosm of the Hindu World', at Gorakhnath Temple on Tuesday. Authored by the late historian Prof Gyanendra Kumar Rai ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s ... from crowds getting bigger to the art of photography itself. He spoke to the BBC about his memories ...

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into ...

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 ...

Prayagraj: Devotees take a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of Maha Shivratri festival during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, in Prayagraj | Photo Credit: - Amid chants of 'Har Har ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, ended on February 26 with over 66 crore devotees taking holy dip at Triveni Sangam, as per the UP government. The grand Maha Kumbh 2025 in Uttar ...

stampedes at the Kumbh Mela are not accidents but predictable failures, resulting from infrastructural limitations, governance inertia, and a tendency to normalise disaster. Integrating ...