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. January 29th was ...

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...

Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million people – over a third of India’s roughly 1.4 billion population - have attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher ...

Lucknow: The world's largest religious gathering, Kumbh mela, has generated significant global interest online, with millions turning to the digital world for information. According to the latest ...

The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state has rejected a government report that found high levels of contamination in a key bathing place at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering.

'We were struck by the sheer energy even before we stepped into the holy water,' says T N Sekhar. Divinity appears where there is faith. We never thought about visiting the Kumbh Mela till we ...

Ramkund is said to be a divine spot where Lord Rama would bathe and taking a dip in this pond during the Kumbh Mela is said to be auspicious.