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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...

On the first day, Kumbh Mela Officer Vijay Kiran Anand provided a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the event’s logistical and infrastructural arrangements. The following day, the delegation ...

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 ...

Riding pillion through narrow medieval streets on a grimy Tata motorbike, we crested a low hill to suddenly encounter the world’s largest-ever gathering of humans: the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela ...

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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela area will be a no-vehicle zone from 4 PM on Tuesday, with the entire Prayagraj following suit from 6 PM onwards in view of the massive influx of devotees for the last special ...

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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the most sacred events in Hinduism, is set to return to Prayagraj in 2025, with an estimated 40 to 45 crore pilgrims expected to visit between January 13 and February 26.