Hindu pilgrims seek out blessings from sadhus, or holy men, like Savan Bharti Ji, seen here in tent city of the Maha Kumbh Mela. For a small donation, typically less than a 100 rupees, the ...

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 ...

With Maha Kumbh being hosted at the Triveni Sangam, it has attracted millions of pilgrims for a holy dip on… February 12, 2025 11:38 IST Has India just recorded the longest traffic jam in the world?

An old video of a flash flood from another state has been shared hundreds of times on social media, falsely claiming that it occurred during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, a city in northern India.

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 ...

'We were struck by the sheer energy even before we stepped into the holy water,' says T N Sekhar. Divinity appears where there is faith. We never thought about visiting the Kumbh Mela till we ...

After Vijay Deverakonda, Nimrat Kaur visits the Maha Kumbh Mela and takes a dip in the Triveni Sangam at Prayagraj. 'Words fail me to describe this experience... as I assimilate what I have been ...

The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj and has a history of crowd-related disasters — including one last month, when at least ...