The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over.
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...
I’m normally great on travel prep. My train ticket had been booked months in advance.  Accommodation?  Had that sorted well ...
THE country's Kumbh Mela festival has wrapped up, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration ...
As India's Kumbh Mela ended February 26, 2025, footage of fireworks and a laser show circulated in social media posts falsely ...
An old video of a flash flood from another state has been shared hundreds of times on social media, falsely claiming that it ...
Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began ...
Discover how Jivanmukta, an innovative artistic movement, captivated audiences at the 10th India-International Dance and ...
Thousands of sanitation workers were toiling on Friday to clean up 20,000 tonnes of waste left behind by hundreds of millions ...
The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, hailed as the "MahaKumbh of Records," achieved several Guinness World Records and attracted over 66 ...
THE unfathomable scale of the world's largest religious festival in India over­shadowed many nations in size – and for the ...