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

The Kumbh festival is named after the celestial pitcher or “kumbha” that held the much coveted “amrita,” the nectar of immortality. In Hindu mythology, during what is known as the Age of Truth, the ...

Between 80 million and 100 million people were in Prayagraj on Wednesday ... where the rivers meet, and instead take dips at points along the river closest to them. Despite the appeal, huge ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday shared highlights from his sacred visit to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh ...

Indian devotees converged on a river for a holy bath days after the tragic stampede that killed 30 individuals. Aerial ...

Mahakumbh 2025 News: In a touching display of faith and hope, Nirmala, a woman battling metastatic cancer, took a dip in the holy Ganga river on Monday at the Maha Kumbh mela in Prayagraj ...

In fact, the gathering is so big, that is visible even from space. NASA astronaut Don Pettit on January 27 shared pictures of ...

No visit to the Kumbh Mela is complete without a dip in the sacred waters of the Triveni Sangam, where the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet.

People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet ... Prayagraj, rushed to bathe in holy river ...

The Ardh Kumbh Mela takes place every six years in Haridwar and Prayagraj. To accommodate and ... a temporary city along the banks of the Ganga river, complete with tents, toilets, streets ...