Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the ...

People from all walks of life in India are now gathering for the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Ganges River where it meets and mixes with the water of the Yamuna and ...

LIVE – Updated at 12:40. Nearly 40 people were killed in stampedes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, as millions of Hindu devotees gathered for a ritual bath at the confluence of three sacred ...

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.

Hindus perform a religious ritual on the banks of Ganges River during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, on March 12. Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images.

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 ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India, Jan 12 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...

Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people — the largest gathering of humanity.

Can India’s Kumbh Mela–a religious pilgrimage that at its peak is expected to attract around 30 million people to the western city of Nashik this year–provide ideas for Prime Minister ...

The Kumbh Mela takes place at five sites total across India at six- and 12-year intervals, but the one every 12 years at Prayagraj is the largest. Prayagraj is the site of a military fort built by ...