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.

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 ...

This year’s event set to be largest in Kumbh Mela history Pilgrims take a holy dip in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on the occasion of Maghi Purnima ...