Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...

I’m normally great on travel prep. My train ticket had been booked months in advance.  Accommodation?  Had that sorted well ...

On Mauni Amavasya in 2001, I participated in the 4 am snan (holy bath). A carpet of stars stretched overhead ... race to ...

Riding pillion through narrow medieval streets on a grimy Tata motorbike, we crested a low hill to suddenly encounter the world’s largest-ever gathering of humans: the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela ...

The largest mela in the country for centuries, the Kumbh Mela, was a bigger phenomenon this year than ever before. Excitable television channels, smart tour operators, the thriving selfie culture ...

As India's Kumbh Mela ended February 26, 2025, footage of fireworks and a laser show circulated in social media posts falsely claiming it showed the massive Hindu festival's last day.

Image Police personnel watching a live feed of A.I.-powered cameras at a digital control room at the Kumbh Mela. Image Kiran, 40, got lost after her holy bath and was waiting for her sister-in-law.

Events such as the ‘Dharma Sansad’ and ‘Sadhu Sammelans (congregation)’ cemented widespread support for the Janata Party across the Hindi heartland. The ‘Maha Kumbh Mela’ transcends ...

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 ... “So you need a bath after the bath ...

Kumbh Mela happens once in 12 years The Indian man ... marched among the throng like standard bearers in an ancient army. A naga sadhu Naked holy men, or naga sadhus, were everywhere, their ...