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 scale of the Maha Kumbh Mela this year has been unparalleled. Official reports confirm that over 65 crore people have visited Prayagraj during the 45-day event, making it one of the largest ...

Maha Kumbh 2025 is projected to boost Uttar Pradesh’s economy by over Rs 3 lakh crore, as per CM Yogi Adityanath. Businesses across FMCG, fintech, and tech start-ups are leveraging this opportunity.

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

A week before my visit, pilgrims on their way back from India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival were stuck in a traffic jam for 30 hours. According to the government, nearly 20 million pilgrims gathered ...

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 ...

Large crowds turned out in northern India on Wednesday for the last day of the six-week Maha Kumbh Mela that drew a total of 663 million people seeking absolution of their sins by taking a dip in ...

In 2019, the Allahabad High Court banned the publishing of photos and videos of women at the Kumbh Mela. The court said no pictures of women bathing or taking ... Since then, officials have taken ...

BBC Factual has commissioned Wildstar Films to produce Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges (w.t.), a documentary special for BBC One and iPlayer exploring the Maha Kumbh Mela Festival in Northern India.

The Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, underway in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu pilgrimage festival is perceived as a symbol of preserving cultural and religious traditions, by at least 74% of ...

In just three months, a functioning city that can cater for 10 million pilgrims a day springs up and then disappears a few ...