Hindu devotees from across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj yesterday as the world's largest religious festival ... together for Maha Kumbh Mela. The festival is held every 12 ...

A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks ... take part in elaborate rituals, prayers and religious processions with elephants, as well as ...

It was January, and I was headed 80 miles west to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, a Hindu religious festival in which tens of millions of pilgrims come together at the convergence of two real ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela takes place only every 12 years. It is not only the most important Hindu festival in India, but also the largest religious gathering in the world. This year, because the ...

Kumbh Mela is an enthralling Hindu festival and pilgrimage celebrating ... As this mela is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, the thought of being stuck amid a melee of people ...

Stating that the Maha Kumbh elevated religious and spiritual engagement and significantly boosted tourism, hospitality, transportation, local industries and employment, the spokesperson said ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival ... of capturing the world's biggest religious gathering - from crowds getting ...

Besides the not-so-hidden unease between Modi and Adityanath, Modi chose to address the Lok Sabha to ensure that he could personally claim all the kudos, observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.

On the lines of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Maharashtra, too will have a Kumbh Mela Authority Act ... higher compared to the 2015 festival held in Nashik. Kumbh—the religious festival—is held once ...

During the CM's visit, leaders from Trimbakeshwar akharas (religious orders) had demanded that the festival be called Trimbakeshwar-Nashik Simhastha Kumbh Mela. However, during a recent meeting ...

NEW DELHI, January 29. /TASS/. The number of fatalities resulting from the stampede at the Kumbh Mela religious festival in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 40, Reuters reported ...