The Kumbh Mela is held every three years in four cities on the banks of sacred rivers across India. The event held every 12 years in this cycle is prefixed with the term 'maha', or great, as its ...

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 ...

In 2019, when a smaller event known as a “half” Kumbh was held in Prayagraj, the lost-and-found center handled 39,000 cases, Mr. Jha said. Most were solved, he added.

Mandar, a 2013-batch IAS officer from Jaipur, Rajasthan, is recognized for his efficient and understated style of governance.

A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India on Monday, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world's largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality ...

People offer prayers at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on January 13, 2025.

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.

The six-week-long Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher festival, began in India last Monday, and is touted as the world's largest gathering of humanity. More than 400 million people are expected to ...

More than 400 people died after they were trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954, one of the largest tolls in a crowd-related disaster globally.

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 ...

Mahakumbh Nagar, Feb 27 (PTI) The Maha Kumbh Mela drew not just millions of spiritual seekers but also provided economic opportunity for many gig workers and small vendors, who were able to ...

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed officials to fast-track expansion and modernisation of Shirdi Airport for the ...