The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...

Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas brings you some sights from the festival: The devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and the mythical ...

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

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival ... More than 2,500 cameras, some powered by AI, will send crowd movement and density ...

Festivals reflect a society’s traditions, beliefs, and sometimes, its deep-rooted connection with animals. Across the globe, ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...

The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of ... a festival on such a large scale, but some pilgrims ...

Some local news websites said 10 people ... their past sins and end their process of reincarnation. Indian authorities have touted the festival as the world’s largest religious gathering.

NEW DELHI: The world's largest gathering of humanity begins in India ... "Some 350 to 400 million devotees are going to visit the mela, so you can imagine the scale of preparations," festival ...

Dreadlocked Indian Ascetics Among 35 Million Who Take Holy Dip in Maha Kumbh Festival By Saurabh Sharma ... and clad only in holy beads, though some carried tridents, spears, or maces, after ...

Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as ...

Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern ... in progress. Some of the ...