PRAYAGRAJ (ANI)– Former Bollywood actor Mamta Kulkarni performed the ‘pind daan’ ritual at Sangam Ghat here on January 23 as part of the ongoing Maha Kumbh celebrations. Speaking about the ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (Reuters) – The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, is being managed with cutting-edge technology to improve safety and crowd control.

Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck visited the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Tuesday, embracing the spiritual essence of India’s grand religious gathering. Accompanied by Uttar ...

Kumbh, or Maha Kumbh, is celebrated every 12 years at four different locations in India. Among them, Prayagraj, where the Ganga, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati rivers meet, is the most important.

As many as 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to visit Prayagraj, India, during this year’s 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh ...

Maha Kumbh highlights: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the Mahakumbh stampede was unfortunate but refused to entertain PIL for safety measures. Marking the third ‘Amrit Snan’ of the Mela ...

The photo of a Naga Sadhu - a Hindu ascetic - at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in the northern city of Prayagraj, is emblematic of the ongoing Maha 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 world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials confirming at least 30 deaths and 60 people injured in a stampede on the ...

open image in gallery Devotees seen trying to cross a barricade at the site of stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela (AFP via Getty) Several eyewitnesses described being stuck between the ...

It's also a prestige event for Modi, whose ruling party boasts of promoting Hindu cultural symbols.The Maha Kumbh festival has had stampedes in the past. In 2013, at least 40 pilgrims who were ...