Thus, it was in Haridwar that I realised what a deep impression my humble services in South Africa had made throughout the whole of India.” The Kumbh Mela at Haridwar proved to be a pivotal ...

India, Feb. 15 -- One of the most notable episodes in the history of the Kumbh Mela occurred in 1915 when Mahatma Gandhi visited the Haridwar gathering shortly after returning from South Africa ...

Devotees gather at the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025. Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, takes place every 12 years at rotating locations—Prayagraj ...

holds both Kumbh and Ardh Kumbh like Haridwar. In 2025, it held Mahakumbh, in 2030, Prayagraj will hold Ardh Kumbh. Notably, Kumbh Mela is organised at only these four places and is held ...

During a 12-day celestial battle, equivalent to 12 human years, drops of the nectar fell at four locations—Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain—forming the sites of the Kumbh Mela.

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing ... Ujjain, Nashik, and Haridwar. These sites now host the pilgrimage in rotation every 12 years. Apart from taking a dip in the river ...

Your Kumbh was supposed to be unique. You claimed that 40 crore (400 million) people would attend, and you had made arrangements for 100 crore (one billion). Yet, why is your system failing?" ...

He made note of the orthodoxy and the inequality inherent in such religious congregations. And yet, in 1915, he attended the Kumbh at Haridwar with due admiration for the religiosity and the austerity ...

stampedes at the Kumbh Mela are not accidents but predictable failures, resulting from infrastructural limitations, governance inertia, and a tendency to normalise disaster. Integrating ...

The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state has rejected a government report that found high levels of contamination in a key bathing place at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering.