Monalisa Bhosle, a 16-year-old garland seller, experienced a life-altering moment when a video of her at the Maha Kumbh Mela ...

The Kumbh Mela at Haridwar proved to be a pivotal moment in shaping Mahatma Gandhi's sense of purpose and his eventual entry into the political arena of India's freedom movement. This deepened his ...

Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men leave after taking a dip during the first "Shahi Snan" during "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, Jan. 15, 2019.

A Bengaluru resident lost ₹1.4 lakh to a scammer who posed as a BBMP engineer in distress, claiming to be stranded at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. According to a report by Times of India, the ...

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.

Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million people – over a third of India’s roughly 1.4 billion population - have attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the ...

The Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering. Anupreeta Das covers India and South Asia for The Times. She is based in New Delhi. Hari Kumar covers India, based out of New Delhi.

The Kumbh Mela, which began in mid-January and will end late this month, is the world’s largest religious gathering. It is expected to draw more than 400 million people over six weeks, according ...

Scott is a clinical associate professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past ...

A one-time Kumbh Mela pilgrim in India finds true cleansing in Christ. At the age of 11, Kumar journeyed 125 miles south from his home of Gonda to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, to plunge into ...

The film centers on a professor from London who travels to India’s Kumbh Mela with his British wife and son to meet his father. Upon arrival, he discovers his Indian ex-wife and their son are at ...

Unlike Bhat’s previous festival entries with Kashyap, “Lost & Found in Kumbh” takes a lighter approach. “It’s not to be taken too seriously,” Bhat notes.