Prime Minister Modi informed Parliament that the gathering of millions at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj marked the awakening of ...

I’m normally great on travel prep. My train ticket had been booked months in advance.  Accommodation?  Had that sorted well ...

According to a tradition that reaches back to the foundations of Hinduism, a ritual dip in the Ganges during Kumbh Mela holds the promise of washing away one’s sins. People from all walks of ...

NEW DELHI -- India's Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering, comes to an end on Wednesday after seeing the participation of about 650 million devotees -- far exceeding the 450 ...

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 ...

A week before my visit, pilgrims on their way back from India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival were stuck in a traffic jam for 30 hours. According to the government, nearly 20 million pilgrims gathered ...

Nearly one-third of India’s 1.4 billion plus population descended on the Maha Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu gathering held in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The number of people attending ...

In posts criticizing Hindu devotees, social media users claim a video of a crowd breaking a fence and throwing slippers at security personnel was filmed at the Kumbh Mela festival days after at ...

AFP India is planning to step up oversight of airfares after a sharp spike in prices during the Kumbh Mela was widely criticised, according to people familiar with the matter. The Civil Aviation ...

An interview featuring a Hindu monk has been misinterpreted online following a deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in India. Social media users claim the clip shows the saint reprimanding ...