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

India's government reported that over 420 million pilgrims bathed at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. The number is ...

India's government said on Friday that more than 420 million pilgrims have ritually bathed at the world's largest religious ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

Taken together with the 69 fatalities recorded at the Motilal Nehru Medical College, the death toll from the Maha Kumbh ...

India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a ritual river dip today at the world’s largest religious ...

The significance and scale of the Maha Kumbh festival is not easy to grasp. From a distance, it is a massive, huge, gigantic ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful to Prayagraj in northern Uttar Pradesh state, but ...

Indian officials downplayed a deadly stampede at the world’s largest religious festival because they wanted to protect the ...

Celebrities from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to US actress Dakota Johnson have reportedly joined millions of pilgrims at India's Kumbh Mela mega-festival, but a video shared online apparently ...

A deadly stampede at a Hindu festival in India is causing many to wonder how to effectively manage massive events.