For the most affluent, The Dome City is a new addition to this year’s Kumbh Mela. A collaboration between India’s tourism department and private design-build firms, the area features 44 bubble ...

The Kumbh Mela is the largest gathering of humanity in the world. As social scientists, we don’t have the luxury to design experiments in the lab, so we are predisposed to take full advantage when ...

Pilgrims searched for their family members after a stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. Credit... Supported by By The New York Times Photographs by Atul Loke It ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing ... own — before a rapt citizenry and a watching world. A giant poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his close ally Yogi ...