One of the most notable episodes in the history of the Kumbh Mela occurred in 1915 when Mahatma Gandhi visited the Haridwar gathering shortly after returning from South Africa after twenty-one years.

Untold Struggles of Kumbh Mela 2025 Pilgrims Share Real Challenges of Faith & Devotion ...

More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern India during a ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Channi Anand is based in Jammu, a strategic location not far from the India-Pakistan border that ...

He is desperate to get to Prayagraj, the site of the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious events in the world. Here, more than 135 kilometres away, official estimates say 30 people died ...

MP Dimple Yadav participating in a ritual bath at the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2025. Fact: The claim is false. The video is from October 2022, shot during the immersion of former Uttar Pradesh chief ...

New Delhi, Jan 31 (EFE).- The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela surpassed the symbolic figure of 300 million holy baths since its beginning on Jan. 13 in northern India, according to data from the ...

At least 30 people died in the crush at the Kumbh Mela on Wednesday, which was one of the holiest days of the six-week long Hindu festival. The incident took place in Prayagraj city near the ...

Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the work done by him for the citizens during the last 10 years, Kishan called him a fakir (holyman ... the development of the Mahakal temple, and the Kumbh ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the deaths of at least 30 people in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, where millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath ...