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

More than 500 million people have taken a "holy dip" in sacred river waters in north India over the last four weeks as part ...

Who was Emperor Harshavardhan, who donated all his wealth at Kumbh every five years? It is said that he gave until his royal ...

At least 30 dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival in India - Indian authorities have released an official statement on the death toll but it is expected to rise ...

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

The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for ...

Accidents such as the deadly stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in January 2025 are a notorious feature of Indian religious gatherings, but a video shared online does not show a "huge fire" that ...

Social media users falsely claim an old video of a crowded alleyway was filmed at the Kumbh Mela in India days after at least ...

Over 500 million people attended the Hindu Maha Kumbh festival in north India, marking the largest human congregation in history. However, the event was overshadowed by a tragic stampede on its most ...

Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most ...

The unfathomable scale of the world’s largest religious festival in India overshadows many nations in size — and for the ...

Officials expect visitor count at Kumbh Mela to exceed 550-600 million, with 12 days left in the six-week event.