The Maha Kumbh Mela held once in 144 years and this is a festival that has no religious or cultural front barriers, draws ...

Authorities say that at least 30 people have died and a further 60 were injured in a crowd crush at the massive Kumbh Mela ...

A video spread online shows an annual stone-pelting ritual in northern India, contrary to claims by social media posts that ...

Over the next six weeks, a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the riverbanks in the city of Prayagraj. Every 12 ...

The religious festival, called the Maha Kumbh Mela, happens every 12 years on the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials this year expect up to ...

Kumbh Mela, the largest peaceful spiritual gathering in the world, is often hailed as one of the most energetic and spiritually charged fairs ever. It is a celebration of faith, religion ...

Organisers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and ritual bathing that began on January 13 and runs for six weeks. Deadly crowd ...

Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival (also known as Mahakumbh) in the ...