To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest religious gathering in the world, has begun in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. 400 million people are ...

The build for the Kumbh Mela takes place over three months. The city cannot be constructed until last year’s monsoon crop season passes, and is dismantled immediately after the festival.

Maha Kumbh 2025 concluded today with the final ‘snan’ (holy dip) on Mahashivratri. This spiritual gathering, which began January 13 and lasted for 45 days, saw a turnout of “nearly 65 crore devotees” ...

Kumbh Mela is an enthralling Hindu festival and pilgrimage celebrating spiritual heritage and diversity. Given that the Maha Kumbh Mela, in particular, only occurs once every 144 years ...

The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over. January 29th was ...

India’s Kumbh Mela festival wraps up today, with final ritual river bathing ceremonies ending six weeks of celebration that organisers say have been attended by hundreds of millions of devotees.

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 ...

A devotee holds a child as they leave after taking a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical invisible Saraswati river, to mark Maghi Purnima, one of the ...

Transgender activists often shunned by society say they have found rare acceptance at India's Hindu Kumbh Mela festival by giving blessings ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Large crowds turned out in India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela, with authorities ... or Great Pitcher Festival, held once in 12 ...

"My uncle had saved his sister by pulling her out of the river waters by her hair as she slipped below amid the commotion," ...