Kumbh Mela: At A Glance 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 ...

Kumbh Mela: At A Glance 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 ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest spiritual gathering, ended on Wednesday. Over six weeks, more than 400 million people visited the Indian city of Prayagraj to bathe at the confluence of ...

The occasion was the Kumbh Mela, a historic Hindu pilgrimage that occurs just once every 12 years. It is widely considered to be the largest gathering of humans on the planet (and can even be seen ...

Every 12 years the festival carries the prefix “Maha,” which means great, as it’s the largest gathering of the Kumbh Mela that’s held every three years in one of four cities.

The upcoming Kumbh Mela is scheduled between 2026 and 2028, with the flag hoisting ceremony set for Oct 2026. The first "Amrit Snan" (holy bath) is slated for Aug 2, 2027.

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.

To accommodate the millions of devotees expected for the Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025, the Yogi government is setting up a luxury tent city with more than 2,000 Swiss cottage-style tents in Sector 20 ...

This year’s Kumbh Mela is projected to be even bigger than the last full one in 2013, which drew an estimated 100 million people. As it begins, here’s what you need to know about the mega ...

India’s Kumbh Mela (literally, “Pitcher Festival”) is mind-boggling in scale. The largest gathering of humans in one time and place, the event is held every three years, roving between four ...

From now until March, up to 120 million pilgrims are expected to head for Prayagraj in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state for the Kumbh Mela, considered the world’s largest gathering of ...