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

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.

PM Modi’s gift to Tulsi Gabbard symbolises the cultural and spiritual significance of the sacred Ganges water.

As India's Kumbh Mela ended February 26, 2025, footage of fireworks and a laser show circulated in social media posts falsely ...

Kumbh Mela, only occurring every 144 years, when Jupiter completes a full rotation of its astrological cycle. The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters of the Ganges River If I’d ...

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

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

A CPCB report now claims the water quality in Ganga and Yamuna during the Maha Kumbh was fit for bathing, contradicting an ...

the hardships of the devotees completely fade and all you see is a legion of believers emerging out of the holy river. As I wash away my sins and leave the Ganges and the Maha Kumbh Mela ...