A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...

Maharashtra is set to host a 'grand and divine' Kumbh Mela, as announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The event will feature new facilities for devotees and saints. A new logo was unveiled, ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...

Maharashtra allocates ₹2,267 crore for land acquisition and ₹5 crore to each of 13 Akhadas for the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Nashik.

Prime Minister Modi informed Parliament that the gathering of millions at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj marked the awakening of millions of Indians. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went a ...

After the iconic Maha Kumbh witnessed last year, Prayagraj is once again turning into a sea of devotion. As chants echo along the riverbanks and saffron-clad pilgrims return to the Sangam, the arrival ...

Among the many complex interactions between humans and water in the Ganges river basin, perhaps none is more awe-inspiring than the religious festival of Kumbh Mela, which every twelve years hosts the ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity for ...