I’m normally great on travel prep. My train ticket had been booked months in advance.  Accommodation?  Had that sorted well ...

Sanjay Banoudha, a photojournalist, has been covering India's Kumbh Mela since the 1990s. This year the festival, which began on 13 January, ended on Wednesday. A lot has changed through Mr ...

As India's Kumbh Mela ended February 26, 2025, footage of fireworks and a laser show circulated in social media posts falsely claiming it showed the massive Hindu festival's last day.

Prayagraj: With the Maha Kumbh leaving an indelible mark in history in terms of its divinity, grandeur and spiritual experience, it will also be known.

The golden sunlight bathes the scene in a romantic hue ... As I wash away my sins and leave the Ganges and the Maha Kumbh Mela, I feel a renewed sense of spirituality. I feel alive.

To celebrate the release of their new EP 'Mela', a record inspired by the frenetic soundsystem culture of West Bengal, the Brooklyn-based duo put together a playlist offering "a glimpse through our ...

Police were on the scene and the situation was now under control ... a staggering 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the festival of the Sacred Pitcher, on the ...

Barely five feet tall with long, gray- streaked plaits and fingers gnarled from decades grinding masa on her century-old metate, doña Mela, as everyone in Cherán calls Sebastián, moves through ...