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.
Hindus believe that a third, mythical river called the ... where people do their bathing rituals. Image Pilgrims get lost most frequently after emerging from their holy dips.
In just three months, a functioning city that can cater for 10 million pilgrims a day springs up and then disappears a few ...
Every 12 years, hundreds of millions of Hindu pilgrims gather in northern India for a ritual bath at the confluence ... they fill bottles with water from the holy river for their relatives at ...
Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, ...
The car was carrying pilgrims from central Chattisgarh state’s Korba city to take a “holy bath” at the Kumbh ... the confluence of holy rivers in Prayagraj, during the festival, according ...
The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj is in full swing, drawing millions of devotees daily to take a holy dip (snan ... arises—how safe is the river water for bathing? The latest report by ...
the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers. Police said the car driver likely dozed off, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the bus. The car was carrying pilgrims from central Chattisgarh ...