This sacred ritual, known as Kumbh Mela, dates back to the first millennium CE and represents the largest public gathering in the world. At the most recent observance in 2013, an estimated 30 million ...

India's Kumbh Mela festival is billed as the world's biggest ... People have been working day and night, laying pipelines, providing water connections, building toilets. "But we are on course ...

The pictures from the gathering has raised the brows of many to wonder about the Kumbh Mela situation and coronavirus spread. The Kumbh Mela in Haridwar has been at the centre of controversy amid ...

Where other states are declaring night curfew or lockdown to fight ... Here are some pictures from the famous Kumbh Mela being celebrated in Haridwar. Around 35 lakh pilgrims gathered at the ...

ash is therefore a prevalent symbol at the Kumbh Mela. Celebrate Mother Ganga, the giver of life, in a Hindu ceremony that takes place every night in Varanasi called aarti. "It's the land of ...

Human beings have an innate desire to be a part of something much more significant than themselves, and the spectacle of Kumbh Mela is the perfect ... that happen day and night, or interacting ...

Mahakumbh Mela will begin on January 13, 2025, on the occasion of Paush Poornima and end on February 26 on the occasion of Mahashivratri. The Kumbh Mela this year is estimated to be attended by ...