In posts criticizing Hindu devotees, social media users claim a video of a crowd breaking a fence and throwing slippers at security personnel was filmed at the Kumbh Mela festival days after at least ...

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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.

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 ...

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.

A traditional Kannada theatre form, Yakshagana is popular in the coastal and Malnad regions, traditionally presenting Puranic ...

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 ...