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

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.

The most propitious of these days occur in cycles of 12 years during a festival called the Maha Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival. The festival is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus ...

A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela ... the eve of the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on 12 January 2025 ...

Nishad boatmen say they are the proud inheritors of an ancient profession, transporting pilgrims and narrating the ...

Millions of Hindus are gathering in a northern Indian city for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious ...

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a boat ride to Sangam in Prayagraj to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, accompanied by ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, will bring more than 400 million people to Prayagraj city in northern India over a period of six weeks starting Monday, making it the largest ...